Renaissance revival coffret

 

Carl Haas, Vienna, 1886

 

Steel, brass, and silver-plated copper. A rectangular coffret with a truncated hinged lid sits atop four button feet. The sides and lid comprise copper plates that have been cast, enchased, and silver-gilt with grotesques of vases, acanthae, and flowers; each field is framed by bands of cast, enchased ornamental brass.

10.8 × 10.2 × 6.8 cm

UMP 4169