AN ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRA DURA CASKET The Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence, circa 1720 Inlaid with various pietre dure including giallo antico , agate, chalcedonio di volterra, lineato dell'Arno and tigrato dell'Arno , set in lapis lazuli borders, the raised moulded hinged rectangular lid centred by a large plaque decorated with a bird, two butterflies and various flowers, framed by grotesque mask corner clasps issuing fruiting trails, with olivewood-lined interior inlaid with panels, their grain imitating watered silk, the front, back and sides inlaid with further rectangular plaques decorated with flowers and branches of fruit, framed by conforming ribbon-tied fruiting trails, incorporating further grotesque masks, on a moulded rim and foliate-wrapped bun feet, minor losses to the fruit of the framing trails and to the gilt-bronze moulding, three small twigs to the corners of the lid lacking, two small foliate mounts to the lower moulded edge lacking, the interior with later lock and later inset mirror plate 11½ in. (29½ cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep
AN ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRA DURA CASKET The Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence, circa 1720 Inlaid with various pietre dure including giallo antico , agate, chalcedonio di volterra, lineato dell'Arno and tigrato dell'Arno , set in lapis lazuli borders, the raised moulded hinged rectangular lid centred by a large plaque decorated with a bird, two butterflies and various flowers, framed by grotesque mask corner clasps issuing fruiting trails, with olivewood-lined interior inlaid with panels, their grain imitating watered silk, the front, back and sides inlaid with further rectangular plaques decorated with flowers and branches of fruit, framed by conforming ribbon-tied fruiting trails, incorporating further grotesque masks, on a moulded rim and foliate-wrapped bun feet, minor losses to the fruit of the framing trails and to the gilt-bronze moulding, three small twigs to the corners of the lid lacking, two small foliate mounts to the lower moulded edge lacking, the interior with later lock and later inset mirror plate 11½ in. (29½ cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep
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