AN ENAMELLED AND GILT CASKET

VENETIAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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AN ENAMELLED AND GILT CASKET
VENETIAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The domed lid with later lapus lazuli finial, the sides decorated with fleur-de-lys and the interior decorated with suns, inscribed in red paint 50.28.6 and with paper labels inscribed H.O. 224C, missing feet and losses to enamel
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Gift of Marion Deering McCormick (Mrs. Chauncey, 1886-1965), Chicago, Illinois, and Barbara Deering Danielson (Mrs. Richard, 1888-1987), Boston, Massachusetts, 1950.

Exhibited

Art Institute of Chicago, before 1950, on loan from Mrs. McCormick and Mrs. Danielson.

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical casket, from the collections of the Princes of Liechtenstein in Schloss Vaduz, was sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 1 April, 2008, lot 40 (E24,250 including premium). The Liechtenstein casket, although slightly smaller than the Satterwhite casket, has extremely similar enamel decoration.

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