Lot Essay
The present piece is closely comparable to one exhibited in New York (A Medieval Treasury, loc. cit.), which was thought to have been used by a noble lady for keeping jewellery and other valuable items.
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FRENCH, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Details
A METAL-MOUNTED WOOD CASKET
FRENCH, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
The metal mount on the front of the lid inscribed 'enbien amii rua(?)'. The lock and some of the mounts associated; damages.
3.7/8 x 6.3/8 x 4 in. (9.9 x 16.3 x 12.1 cm.)
FRENCH, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
The metal mount on the front of the lid inscribed 'enbien amii rua(?)'. The lock and some of the mounts associated; damages.
3.7/8 x 6.3/8 x 4 in. (9.9 x 16.3 x 12.1 cm.)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
New York, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, A Medieval Treasury - An Exhibition of Medieval Art from the Third to the Sixteenth Century, text by R. G. Calkins, October 8 - November 3 1968, no. 78, p. 155.
New York, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, A Medieval Treasury - An Exhibition of Medieval Art from the Third to the Sixteenth Century, text by R. G. Calkins, October 8 - November 3 1968, no. 78, p. 155.