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Box

1100-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Spain (made)

Box, oblong with sloped lid, boxwood with brass mounting, the panels carved with foliage and circular ornament.

Object details

Categories
Containers
Woodwork
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Box
Materials and techniques
boxwood, carving
Boxwood
Carving
Brief description
Box, Spanish, 1100-1200, boxwood
Physical description
Box, oblong with sloped lid, boxwood with brass mounting, the panels carved with foliage and circular ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.71cm
  • Width: 6.66cm
  • Length: 10.477cm
Taken from department file: H 2.25 in x W 2.625in x L 4.125in (inches) H 5.71cm x W 6.66cm x L 10.477cm (centimetres)
Marks and inscriptions
Bought Leon Spain Sep 8 1865 J C Robinson

Note
Inscribed in ink inside the box
Object history
Bought at Leon, Spain for £1.0.0.
'Box. Oblong with sloped lid, boxwood with brass mounting, the panels carved with foliage and circular ornament L. 4 1/8 in., W. 2 5/8 in., H 2 1/4 in.'

Location (c. 1930) recorded as Room 1.
Bibliographic references
  • Juan F. Riaño, Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Objects of Spanish Production in the South Kensington Museum. (London, 1872), p.5
  • South Kensington Museum, John Charles Robinson, J. C Robinson, and R. Clay, Sons and Taylor. 1881. Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese Ornamental Art: South Kensington Museum, 1881. London: Chapman & Hall, p.120
  • Ancient and Modern Furniture & Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum, described with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen, (London, 1874), p. 39. 'Box. Oblong, with floped lid. Boxwood, with brass mounting. The panels carved with foliage and circular ornament. Spanish. 12th century. H. 2 1/4 in., L. 4 1/8 in., W. 2 5/8 in. Bought, 1l. This small casket is cut out of two solid blocks of boxwood. The top and sides are formed into decorative panels, and bordered by lines and circles. The panels are filled with conventional foliage, rolled over. All this work has at one time been fitted with some wax or mastic composition. Mounts of brass bind the box, round on one side and flat on the other. These are old, but not the original fastenings, and have been laid over the ornament. A small hasp passes over one of three little loops and has been made fast by a small bar padlock. A handle of twisted brass is provided to lift the whole.'
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
12-1866

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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