Marriage casket with romance scenes
Scenes of romance on a small marriage casket
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Title
Marriage casket with romance scenes
Scenes of romance on a small marriage casket
Scenes of romance on a small marriage casket
Date of Production
c. 1400-30
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 193 mm
Width: 193 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
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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.
The shields borne by the winged figures on the lid were probably originally painted with the family coat of arms, such as appear on
contemporary cassoni, or marriage chests. All round the casket are bone plaques carved with pairs of lovers in a landscape.
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.
The shields borne by the winged figures on the lid were probably originally painted with the family coat of arms, such as appear on
contemporary cassoni, or marriage chests. All round the casket are bone plaques carved with pairs of lovers in a landscape.
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