AN ITALIAN PRESSED AND ENGRAVED LEATHER-LINED WRITING CASKET
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AN ITALIAN PRESSED AND ENGRAVED LEATHER-LINED WRITING CASKET

16TH CENTURY

Closed1 April 2008

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EUR 4,000

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AN ITALIAN PRESSED AND ENGRAVED LEATHER-LINED WRITING CASKET
16TH CENTURY
The lid decorated with mythological scenes, the front and sides decorated with grotesque friezes, one side with a drawer, the interior divided into various compartments for inkwells and writing equipment, the lid painted with inventory number J.427 and oval paper label inscribed 482
15 cm. high x 37.5 cm. wide x 28 cm. deep

Acquired in 1883 by Prince Johannes II of Liechtenstein.
Vienna, 1883.
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1944.