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Maker:
Cooper, John Paul
(Catch)
Maker:
Colarossi, Lorenzo
(Box)
Walnut covered in rough shagreen, mounted in silver with a silver clasp.
Walnut wood (?), covered with shagreen and mounted in silver. Rectangular with four silver bun feet, a button-operated fastener at centre front and a slightly convex lid attached to the lower part by two silver hinges. The sides and lid are divided into five panels by strips of silver with silver studs at regular intervals, and the edges are mounted in silver with rope edging. The button of the clasp is surrounded by a square silver plate embossed with a wreath of curling leaves and four studs, and has a scalloped outer edge with four large and four small studs.
History note: Rembrandt Gallery, Vigo Street, (Robert Dunthorne & Son Ltd.), London; purchased in October 1933 by Ernest Marsh, The Contemporary Art Society, Arts & Crafts Fund.
Given by Ernest Marsh
Height: 8.6 cm
Height: 3⅜ in
Length: 22 cm
Length: 8¾ in
Width: 10.2 cm
Width: 4 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1944) by Marsh, Ernest
20th Century, second quarter#
George V
Production date:
circa
AD 1932
: This casket is mentioned in J.P. Cooper's Sketch Book II, p. 23, no. 23, February, 1932 as "Big Oblong rough skin", costing about £9.12.0.
According to n J.P. Cooper's Costing Book IV, no. 1000 Colarossi spent 50 hours making the box, and the catch was made by Cooper himself
Covering
composed of
shagreen
Box
composed of
walnut
Mounts
composed of
silver
Accession number: M/P.2-1944
Primary reference Number: 81860
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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