Lid
late 17th century-early 18th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century silver parcel-gilt case of oblong shape, with four straight sides separated by wavy canted sections. The frame has a billet moulding between two channels and is hinged on one long side to attach two covers, which are fastened by lugs secured by a sprung-steel double hasp (one missing). Each cover is engraved and flat -chased with a symmetrical pattern of rectilinear strap and foliate scrolls, with a bird with outstretched wings in the centre, on a punched ground. In one side is an octagonal bevelled glass mirror, and in the other, secured by a slip-in cover-gilt and engraved with symmetrically repeated ornament of two foliate scrolls on a tooled ground, is the slightly convex glass.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver gilt case, engraved and chased |
| Brief description | Silver parcel-gilt case and lid |
| Physical description | Late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century silver parcel-gilt case of oblong shape, with four straight sides separated by wavy canted sections. The frame has a billet moulding between two channels and is hinged on one long side to attach two covers, which are fastened by lugs secured by a sprung-steel double hasp (one missing). Each cover is engraved and flat -chased with a symmetrical pattern of rectilinear strap and foliate scrolls, with a bird with outstretched wings in the centre, on a punched ground. In one side is an octagonal bevelled glass mirror, and in the other, secured by a slip-in cover-gilt and engraved with symmetrically repeated ornament of two foliate scrolls on a tooled ground, is the slightly convex glass. |
| Content description | Lid and case engraved with foliage |
| Production | According to Charles Oman, 'the case is of German origin, c.1700, or a little before'. (1) Michael Snodin dates the case slightly later, commenting that the ornament seems to be a late, debased interpretation of this predominantly German ornament type; he also points out that the case is not designed to hold a miniature, and that it does so here very awkwardly. (2) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.23A-1954 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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