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- Italian, 1580-1620, pine and walnut, gilt leather (en)
- Casket with hinged lid and drawer accessed from proper left; the outside covered with red leather, gilt tooled, the interior lined with green stamped silk velvet.
The front and ends are decorated with symmetrically arranged floral scrollwork, within leafy borders; the back is ornamented with three similar floral devices between which are small rosettes, the whole being within a leafy border. The lid has a raised rectangular panel in the centre containing a shield of arms amid floral scrolls, supported by four putti, two being winged. Round this panel are two floral borders amid mouldings. The interior is divided into two compartments and is lined with green velvet stamped with floral designs, that on the lid being within a guilloche border. There is a concealed drawer lined with green, watered silk, which is concealed by one of the sides of the casket. The casket stands on four flattened ball feet. (en)
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| - Comparable objects (en)
- Italian, 1580-1620, pine and walnut, gilt leather (en)
- Casket with hinged lid and drawer accessed from proper left; the outside covered with red leather, gilt tooled, the interior lined with green stamped silk velvet.
The front and ends are decorated with symmetrically arranged floral scrollwork, within leafy borders; the back is ornamented with three similar floral devices between which are small rosettes, the whole being within a leafy border. The lid has a raised rectangular panel in the centre containing a shield of arms amid floral scrolls, supported by four putti, two being winged. Round this panel are two floral borders amid mouldings. The interior is divided into two compartments and is lined with green velvet stamped with floral designs, that on the lid being within a guilloche border. There is a concealed drawer lined with green, watered silk, which is concealed by one of the sides of the casket. The casket stands on four flattened ball feet. (en)
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