Casket

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.:	13702
Date of production:	ca. 1880
Place of production:	Budapest

Materials:	silver
Techniques:	applied; cast; gilded
Dimensions:	height: 3 cm length: 3,2 cm width: 1,8 cm

The miniature, lying prismatic casket stands on four jointed feed. The cover is semi-cylindrical. There is a stirrup handle on the top and on both sides of the casket. The surface is mounted with lozenges and flowers. The casket imitates the shape and the decoration of 15th-16th century guild chests.

Literature

a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 486. (Békési Éva)

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