Casket
ca. 1400 (made)
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This object was bought in 1899 from Stefano Bardini, Italy's leading antique dealer of his day. It is decorated with a repetitive pattern of Fleur-de-lys on a blue background, the symbol of the Kings of France from about 1180. The joinery and use of poplar, a wood widely used in Italy, as well as the disitinctively shaped lid, indicate Italian workmanship between about 1350 and 1400. It may have originally belonged to either to a French courtier with Italian connections or an Italian banker who had links with the ruling dynasty of France.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Poplar, decorated with moulded gesso, painted red and parcel gilt |
| Brief description | Poplar and gesso casket; Italy; ca. 1400 |
| Physical description | Casket with sloping lid of poplar, decorated in gesso with a diaper of gilded fleur-de-lys on a blue ground. It is fitted with an iron lock and key with a brass now and ring drop handle also of brass. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Bought for £5 5s. from Bardini Sale lot 311, 5-8th June 1899 at Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods (RF 22865/1899); Bardini catalogue pl. 14, no. 227 |
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| Summary | This object was bought in 1899 from Stefano Bardini, Italy's leading antique dealer of his day. It is decorated with a repetitive pattern of Fleur-de-lys on a blue background, the symbol of the Kings of France from about 1180. The joinery and use of poplar, a wood widely used in Italy, as well as the disitinctively shaped lid, indicate Italian workmanship between about 1350 and 1400. It may have originally belonged to either to a French courtier with Italian connections or an Italian banker who had links with the ruling dynasty of France. |
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| Accession number | 484&A-1899 |
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| Record created | November 14, 2005 |
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