Box with European Shields
Bowl shaped box with cover made from cast brass and then chased and decorated with inlaid silver

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Maker

(metalworker)
1475-1525

Title

Box with European Shields
Bowl shaped box with cover made from cast brass and then chased and decorated with inlaid silver

Date of Production

late 15th - early 16th century

Medium

metalworked brass and silver inlay

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 12.8 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.200

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

Bowl-shaped boxes with matching airtight covers are rare in Islamic metalwork but were a popular form of export ware from Mamluk Egypt and Syria.

Inscriptions

Inscription: European heraldic tilting shield (left blank)

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Islamic Metalwork Touring Highlights Exhibition, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, 27/09/2019-12/01/2020; Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, 18/01/2020-20/09/2020; Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, 10/09/2020-10/01/2021; Holburne Museum, Bath, 17/05/2021-01/08/2021
The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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