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Collections

Unknown
Jewel Casketcirca 1560

Not on view
Gilt bronze rectangular casket with dark bronze figural relief panels, four crouching gold lion feet, corner pilasters, a sloped decorated lid, and a small standing lion finial on top
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Jewel Casket
Place Made
Southern Germany, probably Nuremberg
Date Made
circa 1560
Medium
Silver gilt, copper, steel, wood
Dimensions
6 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.46 x 12.38 x 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
AC1992.152.105
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.