IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 184196 accession number: O.2-1908 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 20 August 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Brass casket with a hinged lid; relief decoration and silver and gold inlay. A twisted copper and brass strip has been added on the body and rim, along with a later iron closing clasp. Shape: cuboid with faceted ends and a domed lid, with decorative brass ring attached. The body and lid are constructed from several sheets of brass soldered together hamered into shape and to form relief decoration. Base sheet is turned up around the lower edges. Front: two relief stars with small central rosettes (cast separately and screwed into place), are inset on the base and front. On the latter, these are framed by a naskhi inscription above and below; all this decoration is outlined with a border. Sides: relief medallion comprising penbox terminating in palmettes and outlined by a thin band of scrolling stems, leaves and rosettes, matched on the remaining facets. Back: T-shaped cast hinges are decorated with the same pattern of scrolling stems, leaves and rosettes, while in the centre of the body a medallion, containing scrolls around a 5-petal rosette is adorned with finials above and below. This medallion disguises the join down the centre of the back wall. Lid: flame script on the front panel is surrounded by scrolling stems and leaves. On the upper section, at the front a rear, a relief heart shaped rosette is flanked on each side by a wheel-shaped flower and further scrolling vines. The facets on the side of the lid are outlined with a band of scrolling stems, leaves and rosettes, matching those on the front and sides. object type: Brass casket inlaid with silver and gold, with a copper and brass rim strip and iron clasp title: casket NOTES ----- type: history note value: Pietra Liguria, costal town on Gulf of Genoa, Liguria or possibly Final Marina (Ligure Marina or Finalmarina), port on town of Finale Ligure LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Hewitt collection creditline: Given by the Rev. T. Hewitt STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/184196 CATEGORIES ------ category: metalwork DATING ------ creation date: 1366 - 1368 creation date earliest: 1366 creation date latest: 1368 culture: 14th Century, third quarter DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 11.8 dimension: Height units: cm value: 27.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 22.8 CITATIONS -------- Saracenic Heraldry --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/O_2_1908_1_201106_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 811 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_O_2_1908_1_201106_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 631 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/O_2_1908_1_201106_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 811 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: 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