Casket
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Measurements
100 x 130 mm; 232 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Iran
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339877
Summary
Box; Casket - Persian lacquered casket. Ivory and gold coloured frieze to the rim of the lid. Octagonal sided lid with central panel showing four pairs of long tailed green and orange birds. Repeated on the body of the casket. On eight bracket feet (one missing), the inside and base painted dark blue.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.