Estimate

3.000 - 4.500

Session 1

25 March 2026

Hammer Price

Description

Theodoric the Great (454–526), King of the Ostrogoths and Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress and Queen Consort of Germany
Silver and gilt silver, fineness .925
Ivory heads and hands
Models executed after the original bronze sculptures (one by Peter Vischer the Elder (c. 1460–1529)) made in the 16th century for the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), in Innsbruck
Fantasy marks of Hanau, silversmith's mark of Ludwig Neresheimer & Co (reg. 1893), remarked with Chester marks (1907 and 1908) and importer's mark of Berthold Hermann Muller (reg. 1898)
(signs of wear)

Height: 24,5 cm
997,6 g