An Italian miniature carved and boarded cedar casket, Verona, 16th/17th century

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

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Description

13cm. high, 29cm. wide, 13cm. deep; 5¼in., 11½in., 5¼in.

with incised and carved decoration

Literature

For a comparative casket see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p.354, fig. 3:356. The example features almost identical bird motifs.

Catalogue Note

There are two examples in Italian collections. See Claudio Paolini, La Collezione Herbert Percy Horne, Florence, 2002, p. 77, no. 15, inv. 976. This is illustrated and described as central Italian and 16th century. The other example is in the Museo d'Arte Applicante in Milan.