Medieval casket
Artist: Medieval (French)
Location: British Museum
Date: late 14th Century
Materials: wood & embossed leather
Dimensions: 12 x 26 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £47,500)
Review number: 2633 (1977)
Provenance:
Earl of Shrewsbury by 1888.
Description:
Decorated with secular subjects. Sides show scenes of lovers talking and embracing beneath trees. Inner lid is gilded and painted with the Annunciation. Inside is a painted cloth showing John Talbot, and his wife Maud kneeling at the foot of the cross. This may have been inserted in the 1840's by Pugin or Thomas Willement.
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