Lot Essay
For a casket very similar in both design and decoration see D. Alcouffe, ed., Un temps d'exubérance: les arts décoratifs sous Louis XIII et Anne d'Autriche, exh. cat., Paris, 2002, p. 421, no. 298.
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MID-17TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XIII ORMOLU-MOUNTED GILT-TOOLED MOROCCO LEATHER CASKET
MID-17TH CENTURY
The slightly domed lid with a semé fleur-de-lys field within a border of crowns alternating with fleur-de-lys and mounted with two handles and pierced corner clasps, the sides similarly decorated and mounted with two securing hooks, a similar pierced lockplate and smaller corner clasps, the interior lined in rose silk and with a trellis-patterned ribbon
6½ in. (16 cm.) high, 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25 cm.) deep
MID-17TH CENTURY
The slightly domed lid with a semé fleur-de-lys field within a border of crowns alternating with fleur-de-lys and mounted with two handles and pierced corner clasps, the sides similarly decorated and mounted with two securing hooks, a similar pierced lockplate and smaller corner clasps, the interior lined in rose silk and with a trellis-patterned ribbon
6½ in. (16 cm.) high, 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25 cm.) deep