Miniature casket engraved with fruits and flowers

An image of Metalwork/Boxes. Miniature casket. Unknown Maker. The rectangular casket stands on four ball feet. It has a hinged lid with central loop handle and keyhole with a hexagonal-headed key. The lock mechanism is attached to its underside by pins. The panel on lid is engraved with a man and a woman, the panels on the sides with fruit and flowers, and the base with a chequer pattern. Gilt copper with engraved decoration, and steel mechanism, height, 3.4 cm, width, 4.3 cm, length, 6.5 cm, circa 1580-1630. Renaissance. German.

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Metalwork/Boxes. Miniature casket. Unknown Maker. The rectangular casket stands on four ball feet. It has a hinged lid with central loop handle and keyhole with a hexagonal-headed key. The lock mechanism is attached to its underside by pins. The panel on lid is engraved with a man and a woman, the panels on the sides with fruit and flowers, and the base with a chequer pattern. Gilt copper with engraved decoration, and steel mechanism, height, 3.4 cm, width, 4.3 cm, length, 6.5 cm, circa 1580-1630. Renaissance. German.

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Accession Number: M.26-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 85
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 934 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 246.78kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2014:02:24 12:59:00

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16th Century 17th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA German Late Renaissance Material Medium Nationalities Northern Renaissance Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd box casket copper copper gilt decorated decoration engraved engraving floral flowers fruits gilded gilt gold handled hinged key-hole keyhole keys lidded lock locked metalwork steel

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