Box
mid-14th century
Object PlaceNorthern Europe
Medium/TechniqueSilver (various pieces: 92.8-93.6% silver, 4.4-5.3% copper, 1.3-1.5% gold, .4-.8% lead)
Dimensions4.8 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number46.1249
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Notes:
[1] According to Lola Fondbertasse, "Toussaint Grille (1766 - 1850), antiquiaire angevin et sa collection d'objets d'art du Moyen Age," Mémoire de recherche, École du Louvre (September 2016), p. 76, Grille acquired this from Chaloigne, the last titular priest of the church. He took up the position in 1788 and the church was dissolved in 1790.
[2] Fondbertasse 2016 (as above, note 1), p. 90.
[3] According to typed notes in the MFA curatorial file (source unknown; possibly transcribed from a German language sale or exhibition catalogue). There are also notes suggesting dealer Joseph Brummer handled it before Blumka, but this has not been verified.
about 1475
late 13th–14th century
first half of 6th century
late 15th century (?)
15th–early 16th century (?)
mid-15th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
third quarter of 12th century
second half of 15th century (?)
about 1500 or 17th century
late 14th–15th century