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Box

1500-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

BOX
GERMAN:
Wood (beechwood?), oblong, carved with animals in low relief, painted and gilded in parts.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
wood, carving, gilding
Brief description
Wood box; German/Swiss; 1500-1600
Physical description
BOX
GERMAN:
Wood (beechwood?), oblong, carved with animals in low relief, painted and gilded in parts.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Length: 29.21cm
  • Width: 18.41cm
Taken from department file: H 5in x L 11.5in x W 7.25in (inches) H 12.7cm x L 29.21cm x W 18.41cm (centimetres)
Object history
Purchased for £6 from A. Sickert, Nuremberg.

Location (c. 1930) recorded as Rm 4. C 124.
Collection
Accession number
597-1872

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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