Box
ca. 1600 (made)
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This pearwood box was made in Denmark in about 1600. In Northern Europe, the woods of fruit trees, such as pear, plum and cherry, were used because of their rich colours and as cheap substitute hardwoods for timbers from the Indies. This vernacular-decorated box is inscribed MOSES OG AARON, and depicts Moses holding the tablets with the ten commandments and his older brother Aaron a priestly incense burner and the flowering rod, which symbolized the leadership of the Levi over the twelve tribes of Israel.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Carved pearwood |
Brief description | Carved box, Danish, ca. 1600 |
Physical description | Carved pearwood box, scalloped form, with swelling panelled sides. On the lid, standing figure of Moses bearing tablets unfolded, with Roman numbers 1 - X for the Ten commandments, our (sinister) of Aaron, both wearing terraced conical caps, above the iscription in Danish on the hinge side MOSES OG AARON" - Registered Description, 1951. |
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Marks and inscriptions | MOSES OG AARON
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Credit line | Given by Mrs E. S. Vaux Graham |
Production | This is from the same workshop as the box (Museum No. W.6-1951) with the hunting scene, crucifix (etc.), dated by the costumes to about 1600. The 1951 registered description dates this box "mid 17th century" but it was probably made at much the same time as the other box. |
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Summary | This pearwood box was made in Denmark in about 1600. In Northern Europe, the woods of fruit trees, such as pear, plum and cherry, were used because of their rich colours and as cheap substitute hardwoods for timbers from the Indies. This vernacular-decorated box is inscribed MOSES OG AARON, and depicts Moses holding the tablets with the ten commandments and his older brother Aaron a priestly incense burner and the flowering rod, which symbolized the leadership of the Levi over the twelve tribes of Israel. |
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Accession number | W.7-1951 |
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Record created | November 29, 2005 |
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