A NORTH ITALIAN CUIR BOUILLI TRAVELING INK CASE

CIRCA 1530 - 1550

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A NORTH ITALIAN CUIR BOUILLI TRAVELING INK CASE
CIRCA 1530 - 1550
The domed lid with tooled scrolled decoration, the base similarly decorated, with folded loops of leather probably for cords to hold closed the top and base
5 in. (13 cm.) high, 3¼ in. (8 cm.) diameter of base

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Spitzer, La collection Spitzer: Antiquité, Moyen-âge, Renaissance, Paris, 1890 - 92, vol. II.

For a group of extremely similar ink cases, all in the form of pyxs, see Spitzer (op. cit., plate XXV, nos. 813, 817, 825, 862 and pp. 191 and 206).