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Casket
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Casket
- Place of origin:
Italy (north, made)
- Date:
15th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wood inlaid with ivory and ebony marquetry with gilded metal fittings and carved with figures
- Museum number:
7660-1862
- Gallery location:
In store
Physical description
Wooden casket overlaid with bone 'alla certosina' with ebony marquetry and gilded metal fittings. Within a border of foliated scrolls are eight small panels; at the back St. Barbara and St. Philip?; on the ends St. Peter and St. Catherine of Alexandria; on the front two wild men (wodewoses), one shooting a bow, the other carrying a club. On the top are two panels of Gothic tracery.
Place of Origin
Italy (north, made)
Date
15th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Wood inlaid with ivory and ebony marquetry with gilded metal fittings and carved with figures
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm, Length: 28 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Object history note
ex Webb Collection. Bought, £100.
Descriptive line
Casket, wooden inlaid with ivory and ebony marquetry, depicting figures of saints and wild men, from the Embriachi workshop, Italy, 15th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1862 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 11
Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. Part II. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1929, p. 69
Production Note
From the Embriachi workshop
Materials
Gold; Wood; Metal; Ivory; Ebony
Techniques
Carving; Inlay
Subjects depicted
Peter (Saint); Catherine (Saint Catherine of Alexandria); St. Barbara; Philip (Saint)
Categories
Containers; Sculpture; Marquetry
Collection code
SCP
