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PROBABLY FRENCH, 15TH OR 16TH CENTURY
Details
Two iron caskets
Probably French, 15th or 16th Century
One with a domed hinged rectangular lid and loop handle, restorations - 10cm. high x 12cm. wide x 9cm. deep; The other with slightly domed rectangular lid, restorations - 7cm. high x 8cm. wide x 13cm. deep; And a brass-mounted and embossed leather casket, decorated overall with various mythical animals, with a rectangular, domed lid of rhomboid shape, traces of gilding, probably German, late 13th/early 14th Century style - 17cm. high x 21cm. wide x 13.5cm. deep (3)
Probably French, 15th or 16th Century
One with a domed hinged rectangular lid and loop handle, restorations - 10cm. high x 12cm. wide x 9cm. deep; The other with slightly domed rectangular lid, restorations - 7cm. high x 8cm. wide x 13cm. deep; And a brass-mounted and embossed leather casket, decorated overall with various mythical animals, with a rectangular, domed lid of rhomboid shape, traces of gilding, probably German, late 13th/early 14th Century style - 17cm. high x 21cm. wide x 13.5cm. deep (3)
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