13th century metal box 13th century Not on view Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper. Check out our metal box with vintage lid selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our boxes & bins shops.
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Nuremberg and the neighboring town of Augsburg were major metal-producing centers where armorers, locksmiths, and founders made arms and armor as well as useful wares such as locks, caskets, and strongboxes.Date: 13th century. Culture: German. Medium: Lead, gilding, wood, gesso, copper alloy handle and lock plate, traces of red textile. Classification: Metalwork-Lead. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, .
This very finely cast heavy meal box was most likely originally used for storing cigars and the interior has a wooden lining. The box is in the form of a very ornate 13th century wooden coffer .13th century Not on view Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper.Metal boxes, caskets, and coffers, iron strongboxes, etched boxes, and boxes made from precious metals.
Everything about this piece is beautifully-made- including the locks on the inside of the door which are exposed once it’s opened. The door and other elements of the box are made from wood and then covered in iron sheets on the outside. The tendency to embellish works of art with inscriptions intensified after the twelfth century. On this finely inlaid penbox, the artist has provided the name and titles of the patron (Majd al-Mulk al-Muzaffar, died 1221), the date of .Inlaid metal writing box, early 13th century AD, Jazīrah, British Museum, Franks Bequest, London (Elg). p.175: A certain amount of confusion could surround mail. Its rings were widely referred .
A 13th-century example of the fully-sloping type is the chasse of Saint Exupère in Limoges enamel (see gallery of images, below). The word derives, via the French châsse, from the Latin capsa, meaning "box". [3]Velvet-Covered Wood Boxes. Wood Boxes with Metal Mounts. Bentwood Boxes. Illustrations of Boxes. Chests. . Lacquered sutra box, Korea, 13th century; Stationery box in black lacquer .Nuremberg and the neighboring town of Augsburg were major metal-producing centers where armorers, locksmiths, and founders made arms and armor as well as useful wares such as locks, caskets, and strongboxes.
Date: 13th century. Culture: German. Medium: Lead, gilding, wood, gesso, copper alloy handle and lock plate, traces of red textile. Classification: Metalwork-Lead. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912. Accession Number: 12.135.7a, b. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. "Monsters, Gargoyles, and Dragons: Animals in the Middle Ages," February–March 1977.
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This very finely cast heavy meal box was most likely originally used for storing cigars and the interior has a wooden lining. The box is in the form of a very ornate 13th century wooden coffer which is strongly bound with decorative metal strapwork and multiple hinges.13th century Not on view Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper.Metal boxes, caskets, and coffers, iron strongboxes, etched boxes, and boxes made from precious metals.Everything about this piece is beautifully-made- including the locks on the inside of the door which are exposed once it’s opened. The door and other elements of the box are made from wood and then covered in iron sheets on the outside.
The tendency to embellish works of art with inscriptions intensified after the twelfth century. On this finely inlaid penbox, the artist has provided the name and titles of the patron (Majd al-Mulk al-Muzaffar, died 1221), the date of the object, as well as his own appellation.Inlaid metal writing box, early 13th century AD, Jazīrah, British Museum, Franks Bequest, London (Elg). p.175: A certain amount of confusion could surround mail. Its rings were widely referred to in Arabic as zard, zared or zird, which is a term very close to the sard scales of the dirʿ.
A 13th-century example of the fully-sloping type is the chasse of Saint Exupère in Limoges enamel (see gallery of images, below). The word derives, via the French châsse, from the Latin capsa, meaning "box". [3]
Velvet-Covered Wood Boxes. Wood Boxes with Metal Mounts. Bentwood Boxes. Illustrations of Boxes. Chests. . Lacquered sutra box, Korea, 13th century; Stationery box in black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay, 15th century Korea; Lidded box, 15th century China; Sutra box in red lacquer with incised and gilt decoration, China, c. 1403-1424;Nuremberg and the neighboring town of Augsburg were major metal-producing centers where armorers, locksmiths, and founders made arms and armor as well as useful wares such as locks, caskets, and strongboxes.Date: 13th century. Culture: German. Medium: Lead, gilding, wood, gesso, copper alloy handle and lock plate, traces of red textile. Classification: Metalwork-Lead. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912. Accession Number: 12.135.7a, b. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. "Monsters, Gargoyles, and Dragons: Animals in the Middle Ages," February–March 1977.This very finely cast heavy meal box was most likely originally used for storing cigars and the interior has a wooden lining. The box is in the form of a very ornate 13th century wooden coffer which is strongly bound with decorative metal strapwork and multiple hinges.
13th century Not on view Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper.Metal boxes, caskets, and coffers, iron strongboxes, etched boxes, and boxes made from precious metals.Everything about this piece is beautifully-made- including the locks on the inside of the door which are exposed once it’s opened. The door and other elements of the box are made from wood and then covered in iron sheets on the outside. The tendency to embellish works of art with inscriptions intensified after the twelfth century. On this finely inlaid penbox, the artist has provided the name and titles of the patron (Majd al-Mulk al-Muzaffar, died 1221), the date of the object, as well as his own appellation.
Inlaid metal writing box, early 13th century AD, Jazīrah, British Museum, Franks Bequest, London (Elg). p.175: A certain amount of confusion could surround mail. Its rings were widely referred to in Arabic as zard, zared or zird, which is a term very close to the sard scales of the dirʿ.A 13th-century example of the fully-sloping type is the chasse of Saint Exupère in Limoges enamel (see gallery of images, below). The word derives, via the French châsse, from the Latin capsa, meaning "box". [3]
Scorpio on a pen
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