Casket
Louis Marcy
(Italian, 1860–1945)
Late 19th to early 20th century
Object PlaceEurope
Medium/TechniqueMetal; tortoiseshell, boxwood, copper alloys (brass and bronze), glass, gold leaf on linen rag paper and gilding on silver (95.4% silver, 4.6% copper)
Dimensions5. x 8.6 x 6.2 cm (1 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number53.2375
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceLate 19th or early 20th century, possibly made by Louis Marcy (b. Luigi Francesco Giovanni Parmiggiani) or his workshop, London and Paris [see note 1]. Nicolas Landau (b. 1887 - d. 1979), Paris. 1953, John Hunt, London and Dublin; 1953, sold by Hunt to the MFA for £350. (Accession Date: November 12, 1953)
NOTES:
[1] For further discussion of the provenance of this object see Nancy Netzer, Catalogue of Medieval Objects: Metalwork (Boston: MFA, 1991), pp. 167-168, cat. no. A1.
NOTES:
[1] For further discussion of the provenance of this object see Nancy Netzer, Catalogue of Medieval Objects: Metalwork (Boston: MFA, 1991), pp. 167-168, cat. no. A1.
A.D. 700–1520
about 1967
late 14th–15th century
7th - 9th century
about 1775–1800
about 1220–30
19th–20th century
1891
mid-late 18th century
mid-13th century