casket
- Museum number
- 1977,0502.1
- Title
- Object: Talbot Casket
- Description
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Casket; wood; embossed, incised and stamped leather; flat-topped and rectangular; lid and sides divided into a number of panels, scenes of which were divided by metal mounts, original ones stripped off and replaced by base metal ones; lid with central rectangular scene of six people and four surrounding scenes showing grotesque personifications of the elements and dragons; inscribed around edge; inside lid is the Annunciation, between panels of floral scrolls with birds; second inscription on left hand side; on sides are eight scenes of lovers talking and embracing beneath trees; sides and base of box are lined with silk on which is painted the Crucifixion between two kneeling figures, intended to represent the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife; base of casket painted with quartered shield within circle with leaves.
- Production date
- 1400 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 130 millimetres
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Length: 260 millimetres
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Width: 250 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013 22 Mar-22 Jun, Brugge, Bruggemuseum-Gruuthuse, Gruuthuse Manuscript
- Associated titles
Inscription from: Luke 4:30
- Acquisition date
- 1977
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1977,0502.1
