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
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