Pen Case
1400-1500 (made)
Lidded case of rounded 'sausage' form and semi-circular profile, of moulded leather with embossed decoration, coloured to a brownish red. Flat-topped, shut-over cap consisting of one pair of layers, the outer layer coloured red, fitted with a pair of eyes corresponding with eyes on the container, for a round thong (missing). The container consists of two layers (the outer coloured green at the opening below a second pair (the outer coloured red). On the front, a device on a shield at the top, above two panels containing a pattern of leafy stems. On the flat rear, a shield of arms above two panels containing a design of flowering stems. The base rounded. No lining.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Moulded leather |
| Physical description | Lidded case of rounded 'sausage' form and semi-circular profile, of moulded leather with embossed decoration, coloured to a brownish red. Flat-topped, shut-over cap consisting of one pair of layers, the outer layer coloured red, fitted with a pair of eyes corresponding with eyes on the container, for a round thong (missing). The container consists of two layers (the outer coloured green at the opening below a second pair (the outer coloured red). On the front, a device on a shield at the top, above two panels containing a pattern of leafy stems. On the flat rear, a shield of arms above two panels containing a design of flowering stems. The base rounded. No lining. |
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| Object history | Bought 'Chipped and rubbed' for £9. 9s from Signor Giuseppe Salvadori, Via dei Fossi 9, Florence, Italy on 21st November 1901; attributed 'Italian, second half of the 15th century' Asssigned to Furniture Dept. Museum files: RP 1901/89883 = MA/1/S298 Salvadori, Guiseppe See Abstracts of Correspondence (RP 1901/17397 and RP 1901/12205) entries attached. See also p246 attached for further remarks. |
| Historical context | Heraldry See Symeone, Le Sententiose Imprese, p.70 [Le sententiose imprese, et dialogo del Symeone; con la verificatione del sito di Gergobia, la geografia d'Ouernia, la figura & tempio d'Apolline in Velay; & il suo hieroglyfico monumento, nativita, vita & epitaffio. SYMEONE [SYMEONI], G[abriel] Published by Lyone Lyon A presso Gulielmo Roviglio. ., 1560 |
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| Accession number | 1217-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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