Casket: Scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses

Object Name
Category
Metalwork
Date
1525-1550
Medium
wood box, covered with leather and inset with 13 painted (or gilded) enamel panels (enamel on copper), metal fittings (hinges, clasp, lock(?) and modern handle), interior lined with paper and coloured (red); enamel and gilding
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.29263
Location
AGO, Gallery 114 Thomson European, North Case

Dimensions

Closed (handle vertical): 14.7 × 18.1 × 12.7 cm, 11 grams (5 13/16 × 7 1/8 × 5 in.)
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