© Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Silver gilt & enamel casket
Artist: The Handicraft Company of Newcastle
Location: Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Date: circa 1910
Materials: silver gilt & enamel
Dimensions: 23 x 26 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £36,500)
Vendor: Nicholas Harris
Review number: 3716 (1992)
Provenance:
Stewart family, Banchory House until 1975; Nicholas Harris gallery.
Description:
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'.
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