Casket on stand
Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence
Category
Furniture
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Ormolu, Stone, Wood, Lapis lazuli, Marble
Measurements
295 x 440 x 370 mm
Place of origin
Florence
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 718777.1
Summary
An Italian casket with rising top and fall front, elaborately mounted with ormolu and overlaid with fruit and flowers in semi-precious stones, within lapis lazuli borders made by the Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence.
Makers and roles
Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence, maker
Exhibition history
Strawberry Hill Restored, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, 2018 - 2019
References
treasure houses of Britain : 1985., P.282 - No.202, Casket on Stand c.1741-1754, Grand Ducal Workshops Florence; the stand attributed to William Vile d.1767, casket of ebony with panels of pietre dura mounted in ormulu and encrusted with semiprecious stones; stand made of pine; gilded.