AN OCTAGONAL GILTWOOD AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED CASKET
THE PLAQUES, LIMOGES, 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY
The lid with an oval plaque depicting a landscape with Christ crucified to the centre, St Francis to the right and a bearded male saint to the left, a monogram of the Raimondi family encircled by a wreath at the bottom; the body with twelve further plaques of the apostles; the interior with two paper labels one inscribed 'from the late Poniatowski Gallery'; the underside with a further exhibition label; the giltwood casket later; on eight gilt-metal feet; damages, repairs and restorations
9¼ x 18½ x 13 1/8 in. (23.5 x 47 x 33.3 cm.)
AN OCTAGONAL GILTWOOD AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED CASKET
THE PLAQUES, LIMOGES, 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY
The lid with an oval plaque depicting a landscape with Christ crucified to the centre, St Francis to the right and a bearded male saint to the left, a monogram of the Raimondi family encircled by a wreath at the bottom; the body with twelve further plaques of the apostles; the interior with two paper labels one inscribed 'from the late Poniatowski Gallery'; the underside with a further exhibition label; the giltwood casket later; on eight gilt-metal feet; damages, repairs and restorations
9¼ x 18½ x 13 1/8 in. (23.5 x 47 x 33.3 cm.)
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