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Casket
- Place of origin:
Gdansk (probably, made)
- Date:
ca. 1670-1680 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Museum number:
A.11:1-1926
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This casket, probably made in Danzig, in about 1670-1680, was perhaps originally intended as a jewellery box. Clear and opaque amber panels and pierced ivory reliefs depicting scenes derived from various engraved sources have been applied to a wooden core. The common use of three different engraved sources, Visscher, Hermann and Collaert, on the lost amber throne and A.11-1926, suggests that this casket might have originated from the same workshop that was responsible for the throne, although it is evident that these sources were popular amongst amber and ivory workers.