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Casket

11th century (made)

Coffret of gilt copper decorated in champlevé enamel with armoured knights and monsters amid scrolling foliated stems, in the French Limoges style of the 11th century. Fakes & Forgeries

Object details

Object type
Casket
Brief description
Coffret of gilt copper decorated in champlevé enamel with armoured knights and monsters amid scrolling foliated stems, in the French Limoges style of the 11th century. Fakes & Forgeries
Bibliographic references
  • Campbell, Marian and Claude Blair. ''Vive le Vol': Louis Marcy, anarchist and faker'. In: Why Fakes Matter. Essays on Problems of Authenticity, ed. by Mark Jones. London: British Museum Press, 1992, pp. 134-47. ISBN 0714117218
  • Campbell, Marian. 'Imitation et création: la redécouverte de l'émail champlevé limousin au XIXe siècle', In: Danielle Gaborit-Chopin and Élisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, eds. L'OEuvre de Limoges. Art et histoire au temps des Plantagenêts. Actes du colloque organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel les 16 et 17 novembre 1995. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1998, pp. 49-81. ISBN 2110039744
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
448-1895

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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