Casket
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pine, lacquer, mother of pearl, nacre, copper, sharkskin
Measurements
9 x 7.5 x 14 in
Place of origin
Japan
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Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 708110
Summary
Japanese Namban casket with domed top and sides with two shaped oval panels of foliage and beasts on a shagreen ground within mother-of-pearl diapered borders. Copper mounts and carving handles. Interior lacquered with gilt foliage.
Provenance
Pennyman collection devised in October 1961 to The National Trust under the terms of Col. J.B.W. Pennyman's will.