103rd Auction

2020/11/7

Lot 213

Attributed to Augsburg, 52 x 82 mm, 48 g, circa 1600
A rare calendar disc of high quality "Calendarium Perpetuum"
Case: silver, lavishly florally engraved, two bone shields.
The lavishly embellished silver covers contain two immaculate bone plates for notes. On each cover a round, rotating disc is mounted; one side displays festive days and holidays, path of the sun, length of day and night as well as sunrise and sunset for each of the months, while the other serves as a "perpetual calendar by showing the days of the week and the days of the month 1 – 31.

Sold

estimated
1.2003.500 €
Price realized
3.500 €