Wedding Casket
ca. 1660 (made)
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Rectangular casket with lid as half cyclinder on 4 ball feet with cast figure as lock and cast handle on lid, the whole chased with scenes. The casket is fastened by a cupid figure, which has a screw fitting on the back.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Dutch. About 1660; Silver, Wedding (Marraige) casket. |
| Physical description | Rectangular casket with lid as half cyclinder on 4 ball feet with cast figure as lock and cast handle on lid, the whole chased with scenes. The casket is fastened by a cupid figure, which has a screw fitting on the back. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marked with nineteenth century Dutch hallmarks. It was not uncommon for older silver wares, such as this casket to be marked with newer marks. |
| Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
Wedding caskets were a speciality of Friesland. Traditionally, a man's promise of marriage to his future bride was formal when he presented her with a coin knotted into a costly cloth (knottedoek). This later became a textile bag and then in the seventeenth century a silver casket (knottekistje). They also occur in the form of round or hexagonal boxes. They were also made in West-Friesland and the most richly executed examples come from Amsterdam.
The front of this box is engraved with the Old Testament stories of Tobit and the Angel and Jacob's Dream.(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Alfred Williams Hearn Gift |
| Object history | Wedding caskets were a speciality of Friesland. Traditionally, a man's promise of marriage to his future bride was formal when he presented her with a coin knotted into a costly cloth (knottedoek). This later became a textile bag and then in the seventeenth century a silver casket (knottekistje). They also occur in the form of round or hexagonal boxes. They were also made in West-Friesland and the most richly executed examples come from Amsterdam. Further label info 2002: The front of this box is engraved with the Old Testament stories of Tobit and the Angel and Jacob's Dream. |
| Production | Maker unidentified |
| Bibliographic reference | The Golden Age of Dutch Silver, Charles Oman, V&A 1953
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| Accession number | M.113-1923 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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