Case
1400-1500 (Made)
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Cut and embossed leather case for holy water bucket with lid.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Leather |
| Brief description | Case for holy water bucket, Italian, 1400-1500, leather, Salting Bequest |
| Physical description | Cut and embossed leather case for holy water bucket with lid. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting |
| Object history | Notes by W.A.Thorpe c.1957 CASE FOR A PAIL FOR HOLY-WATER. The container consisting of two pairs of layers of wrought and sewn leather, the outermost layer decorated in relief; no lining. Cap consisting of one pair of layers; no lining. Brown leather rubbed and worn inside, and on the outside now mostly sable. Cylindroid form, swelling towards the top. On the container within plain opposite columns, a pair of eyes, and on the cap a corresponding pair, for a broad flat thong long wanting. On the flat top, a blank shield for arms filled later by an incised representation of a church within curled stems of pods and leaves, all on smooth, slight, relief, against a stippled ground. Round the sides of the top, a wavy stem containing oak-leaves. Round the sides of the container, a design of curled stems as on the top. Plain base. FRENCH 15th century |
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| Accession number | W.115-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2005 |
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