Silver gilt & enamel casket

The Handicraft Company of Newcastle

Aberdeen Art Gallery

circa 1910

Hexagonal casket with six enamel panels illustrating 'The Man of Law's Tale' from Chaucer's 'The Canterbury tales', each individually inscibed with a motto relevant to the scene on the panel. Presented to Sir David and Lady Stewart, a former Provost of the City of Aberdeen and his wife on their Golden Wedding in 1910. Lid inscribed; 'JOY OF THIS WORLD FOR TIME WILL NOT ABIDE FROM DAY TO NIGHT IT CHANGETH AS THE TIDE'.

• Medium: silver gilt & enamel
• Dimensions: 23 x 26 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £36,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Nicholas Harris

Provenance

Stewart family, Banchory House until 1975; Nicholas Harris gallery.

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