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Box
- Object:
Box
- Place of origin:
France (possibly, made)
- Date:
16th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Engraved ivory with gilt copper mounts.
- Museum number:
1637-1856
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This small box is decorated with engravings of biblical and secular scenes: 1. Samson carrying the gates of Gaza. 2. A grotesque hog churning a tub. 3. A lady in a garden. 4. A man playing on a bagpipe. 5. The two spies carrying the grapes back from the Promised Land. 6. A man beating on a drum and playing on a clarinet. It was probably a luxury object produced in France in the late 16th century.