Scenes of romance on a small marriage casket
Maker
Title
                                    Scenes of romance on a small marriage casket
                                
                            
                                
                                Date of Production
                                    c. 1400-30
                                
                            
                                
                                Dimensions
                                    Height: 165 mm
Width: 193 mm
Depth: 126 mm
                            
                                
                                Width: 193 mm
Depth: 126 mm
Accession Number
                                    O.1966.GP.26
                                
                            
                                
                                Mode of Acquisition
                                     Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966
                                
                            
                                
                                Credit
                                    The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
                                
                            
                                
                                Copyright
                                    Work in the public domain
                                
                            
                        Location
                                On display
                            
                        
                            
                            Keywords
Label Text
                                The Embriachi family ran a successful workshop in Venice, supplying European elites with luxury items made from animal bone, usually horse or ox.
Caskets like these were probably bridal gifts. This one is decorated with near-identical pairs of lovers. On the lid winged figures carry shields once painted with coats of arms. On the back another two hold a marriage wreath.
                            
                        
                    Caskets like these were probably bridal gifts. This one is decorated with near-identical pairs of lovers. On the lid winged figures carry shields once painted with coats of arms. On the back another two hold a marriage wreath.
Provenance
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