Christie’s roundel
Lot 269

A SPANISH PIERCED IRON CASKET

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed29 October 2009

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GBP 1,062

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A SPANISH PIERCED IRON CASKET
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
With domed lid and a paper label to the underside inscribed '281.', the pierced iron mounts above a layer of animal hide; wear, losses and damages; together with a Spanish brass-studded parcel-gilt polychrome-painted leather rectangular domed casket, 17th/18th century, possibly Catalan -- 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) wide; and a smaller Spanish brown leather rectangular domed casket
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep (3)