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Workshop
Embriachi family
(Workshop)
Wood covered with bone plaques and ornamented with intarsia. The lower part is hexagonal. The pyramidal cover is surmounted by a knob of twelve faces with the original metal mount and ring. A curved frieze in six sections runs round the foot of the cover, on which are winged genii on a ground of foliage, those on the front supporting a plain shield and the one on the back holding in his left hand a 'flying-fish';. Each side of the casket has two plaques, each carved with two figures standing under a little mushroom-shaped tree. These plaques seem to illustrate a story derived from the literature of the Romance. At each corner is placed a spirally fluted column with capitals decorated with a double row of primitive acanthus leaves.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Charles Holden-White
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 23 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1935)
by
Holden-White, Charles
Early 15th Century
Circa
1400
CE
-
Circa
1430
CE
The attribution needs investigation. Probably a wedding casket.
Mount composed of metal Decoration composed of bone Casket composed of wood (plant material)
Carving : Wood, covered with bone plaques, and ornamented with intarsia
Accession number: M.3-1935
Primary reference Number: 31815
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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