Stationery casket
| Accession Nr.: | 18830 |
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| Date of production: |
first half of the 16th century
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| Place of production: | Italy |
| Materials: | leather cover; pinewood |
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| Techniques: | painted; pressed |
| Dimensions: |
height: 13 cm
length: 28 cm
depth: 8 cm
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The prismatic casket is covered by a slanted writing surface. The longer sides are decorated with portraits in medallions, the shorter sides with foliage decoration and pomegranates, and the back with a lion. The inside is painted green. The casket can be closed with the original lock and has a heart-shaped key escutcheon.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 95.
- Radvánszky Béla: Magyar családélet és háztartás a XVI-XVII. században. I. (Reprint). Helikon Kiadó, Budapest, 1986. - 39. kép
