Casket

Cleveland Museum of Art

Casket

Date
late 1300s
Medium
painted and gilded gesso on wood
Culture
Italy, Siena(?)
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
132045

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This casket is one of only a few of its kind to survive in such a fine state of preservation. A variety of such caskets were used in wealthy homes to store jewelry, seals, mirrors, and combs. A keyhole lock is provided for security. Caskets like this were often highly decorated and given to women as gifts.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
according to a letter dated 4 November 1952 from Harold W. Parsons to William Milliken, Bossi claimed his father had "bought [the casket] in Siena from a convent."

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