Peter Flötner (c. 1490-1546), Christ as Victor over Satan, silver plaquette, Christ wearing loose-fitting cloak and loin-cloth standing in wooded landscape holding banner and trampling on the serpent; the Fall of Man is in the right background; signed P F on stone in right foreground, 66 x 45mm (Lange 7; Weber 45; Bange (1923) 5615 in lead), very fine contemporary cast, sometime cleaned and now toned, extremely rare Provenance: John R. Gaines collection.Weber notes the existence of two silver plaquettes, both signed as the present example, found in Italy in March 1906, one of which is preserved in the treasury of the Mariazell Basilica, Austria. Metal analysis by XRF gives readings of 80% silver, 18% copper and less than 1% lead, zinc and gold.

Estimate: GBP 3000 - 4000