Silver gilt reliquary casket, the sides inset with eight panels of translucent enamel, the base and top inlaid with coloured glass in style of semi-precious stones, standing on iron claw feet

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Maker

Germany (Cologne?) 14th century (enameler)
1300-1399
France? 19th century (metalworker)
1800-1899

Title

Silver gilt reliquary casket, the sides inset with eight panels of translucent enamel, the base and top inlaid with coloured glass in style of semi-precious stones, standing on iron claw feet

Date of Production

1300 - 1399

Medium

Silver-gilt metalwork and translucent enamels with glass in imitation of semi-precious stones.

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Depth: 9.8 cm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.66

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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