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The Property of a Deceased Estate
A silvered-metal, tortoiseshell and lead casket
SPANISH, 1767
Details
A silvered-metal, tortoiseshell and lead casket
Spanish, 1767
Elaborately inlaid with vases, scrolling foliage, birds and figures; the reverse etched and indistinctly inscribed on the central panel 'Enel pueblo de San Pe dro En... dias delmes Maiso des te pies en te ano de 1767 Anto nio Enriques fesi'; the hinged lid with spring catch, opening to reveal an interior lined with parcel-gilt paper.
Numerous minor losses and damages; the feet lacking.
11 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (27.9 x 17.5 x 13 cm.)
Spanish, 1767
Elaborately inlaid with vases, scrolling foliage, birds and figures; the reverse etched and indistinctly inscribed on the central panel 'Enel pueblo de San Pe dro En... dias delmes Maiso des te pies en te ano de 1767 Anto nio Enriques fesi'; the hinged lid with spring catch, opening to reveal an interior lined with parcel-gilt paper.
Numerous minor losses and damages; the feet lacking.
11 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (27.9 x 17.5 x 13 cm.)