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Painted Limoges enamel casket made of twelve plaques; mounted in a gilt metal frame; story of Tobit from the Apocrypha; inscribed; on back of casket, two plaques on the sloping lid and two on the main body; painted in grisaille on a black ground with thin washes of green on the background details; legends and details in gilding; counter enamel uncertain - hidden.
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