Watch List notes:

*Germany, Nuremberg, Hans Jamnitzer (Master HG), Minos and Scylla, lead roundel, signed and dated 1569, Minos on horseback, wearing armour and wielding a baton, riding towards a fortified tower from the battlements of which Scylla beckons to him; on the right is a standing warrior behind which is a group of soldiers with lances; in the foreground sit two warriors viewed from behind; on the left is the narrator of the story, gesturing towards Minos and behind him is a group of three females gesturing towards two more; in the background under a raised horizon is a seascape with ships, sea monsters and rocky islands with towns and castles; signed and dated on a tree stump in the foreground, 1569/H G, 170mm (Weber 271; Braun (von Moltheim coll.) pl. 26, 114; Wenzel Jamnitzer exhibition catalogue, GNM 1985, 557), pierced, a few minor edge bends, an extremely fine contemporary cast of high quality and finely patinated Ex Frédéric Spitzer collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, 9-12 January 1929, lot 328 ($12.50) and subsequently in the John Woodman Higgins Armory collection, sold Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 20th March 2013, lot 134. The roundel is found with or without (as here) an ornate border. A very similar lead example without the border was in the Rosenheim sale, Sotheby's, 1923, lot 785.

Estimate: £2000 - 3000