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RARE WEDDING CASKET WITH COAT OF ARMS
A rectangular box made…
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182
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RARE WEDDING CASKET WITH COAT OF ARMS
A rectangular box made…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
RARE WEDDING CASKET WITH COAT OF ARMS
A rectangular box made of lime and oak, entirely covered in gilded and engraved leather, decorated with six scenes from the story of Pyramus and Thisbe: four on the lid and two on the front. The lid is adorned with a cartouche bearing the date 1591, whilst the front bears, on the right, the inscription: ‘PIRAMVS / THISBE’.
The sides feature two coats of arms: on the left, the arms of Monsieur, most likely those of Charles Inghelbrecht or Enghelbrecht (d. 1620), a member of a prominent Bruges family; on the right, within a lozenge-shaped shield, the arms of Madame, presumably Clara Crocquet (d. 1627). Wrought-iron hinges, mortise lock.
Flanders, Bruges, late 16th century, dated 1591.
Height: 12 cm – Width: 31 cm – Depth: 19.5 cm
(Damage, restoration, as is)
Description:
On 3 July 1591, Charles Inghelbrecht married Clara Crocquet at St Walburga’s Church in Bruges; her coat of arms does not appear to have been documented to date. The coincidence of the date inscribed on the casket, the romantic motif of Pyramus and Thisbe, and the presence of the couple’s coats of arms suggests that this casket was commissioned or presented to mark their marriage.
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