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Casket

Furniture

Anonymous

15th century

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Casket made with a parallelepiped-shaped box and a flat lid, completely covered with sheets of horn. They contrast with the black dominating the two serrated ivory mouldings set at the edges of the lid. The box stands on four small feet in the shape of talons made of copper, material of which the corner pieces are also made (embossed with motifs of small stars) which cover the corners of the box from top to bottom. Nailed at the corners, the corner pieces have three small hemispherical copper elements that have cabochons of white glass (one) or blue glass (two) encrusted. The sides of the casket are all decorated with strips of copper semicircular in profile with small buttons nailed, similar to those described, that have cabochons of clear, blue and white glass.

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Location

Room 18 , Floor 2

18 Leather

19 Gold, Silver and Metalworking Arts

20 Forge Work

21 Ceramics

22 Study Galleries

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PLACE OF EXECUTION

Catalonia (?)

PERIOD

15th century

Material

Beech wood cut and assembled, veneered with horn with ivory applied, copper embossed and nailed and glass modelled and encrusted

Dimensions

11 x 19 x 17 cm

Origin

Provenance unknown

WORK NUMBER

MEV 2833