16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts below is a parquetry panel

below is a parquetry panel with a carved crest having a central garland with  a crossed malt shovel and a staff with a carved hops finial

A good antique country house silver chest

The case is of very good quality

They made the rim of the chair a lighter-gauge wire and doubled it for stability to achieve strength requirements

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts below is a parquetry panelSOLD A large & important German Renaissance oil painting, an allegory on good sexual health, by Christoph Schwarz (1545 1592), "A Warning Against Venereal Disease", circa 1580. Christoph Schwarz was known to create a wide variety of works, including altarpieces, frescoes, and other oil paintings. A number of Schwarz's work were later turned into engravings by the Netherlandish engraver Johannes I Sadeler (1550 1600), Sadeler had reproduced this work