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

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

Accession Number

O.1966.GP.200

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords






Related Works

Bowl-shaped box Brass and silver cover

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.
Hemispherical bowls of this shape are typical of the kinds of objects made in the Middle East for export to the west. On many of them, including this bowl, European shields were left blank for the arms of the eventual owner.

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: European heraldic tilting shield (left blank)

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