Casket and Cover
ca. 1400-1425 (made)
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This is a small oblong casket, made in North Italy, probably Venice, in about 1400-1425. The sides of this casket are decorated with figures, three at either end and four pairs in the centre, and on each corner, a figure bearing a shield and a club. On the lid there are images of flying angels holding globes.
It appears to have originally been a marriage casket.
Together with a number of other small caskets in the collection, this one is representative of a very numerous type which is hard to place in a particular workshop. The layout and compositions used on such caskets seem to have been developed in Baldassare Ubriachi's workshop, although it would seem unwise to attribute the whole group to that source; despite generic similarities, there is a wide variety of styles observable.
It appears to have originally been a marriage casket.
Together with a number of other small caskets in the collection, this one is representative of a very numerous type which is hard to place in a particular workshop. The layout and compositions used on such caskets seem to have been developed in Baldassare Ubriachi's workshop, although it would seem unwise to attribute the whole group to that source; despite generic similarities, there is a wide variety of styles observable.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone, horn and intarsia on a softwood carcase |
| Brief description | Casket and Cover, bone, horn and intarsia on a softwood carcase, Northern Italy (probably Venice), ca. 1400-1425, with later restaurations |
| Physical description | Rectangular casket and cover of wood, overlaid with bone plaques carved with groups of standing figures, which were originally painted; round the cover are similar plaques of flying angels, two holding balls, and two a scroll. The casket is further decorated with inliad (intarsia) bands of plain and green tinted bone. The lid is attached with modern hinges and is decorated with intarsia patterns in bone, horn and wood. |
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| Object history | In the collection of William F. Wolley, Pryor's Bank, Fulham, London, until 1894; purchased at Christie's, London, 10 May 1894, lot 53 (with Mus. no. 199-1894, for £9). |
| Summary | This is a small oblong casket, made in North Italy, probably Venice, in about 1400-1425. The sides of this casket are decorated with figures, three at either end and four pairs in the centre, and on each corner, a figure bearing a shield and a club. On the lid there are images of flying angels holding globes. It appears to have originally been a marriage casket. Together with a number of other small caskets in the collection, this one is representative of a very numerous type which is hard to place in a particular workshop. The layout and compositions used on such caskets seem to have been developed in Baldassare Ubriachi's workshop, although it would seem unwise to attribute the whole group to that source; despite generic similarities, there is a wide variety of styles observable. |
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| Accession number | 198-1894 |
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| Record created | January 5, 2009 |
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