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Ivory casket with silver mounts

Image attached to M.6 & A-1935

An image of Sculpture / Casket. Plain ivory casket, with velvet lined lid and silver handle, height, whole, 1 5/8, in, width, whole, 4 1/2, in, depth, whole, 2 3/8, in, circa 1300-1500. German or French.

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Sculpture / Casket. Plain ivory casket, with velvet lined lid and silver handle, height, whole, 1 5/8, in, width, whole, 4 1/2, in, depth, whole, 2 3/8, in, circa 1300-1500. German or French.

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  • Accession Number: M.6 & A-1935
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 616 pixels
  • Image width: 910 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 410.77kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:30 16:36:10

Key words

14th Century 15th Century box casket European Fitz_AA French German hinged ivory Medieval Silver

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