Casket
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong casket with arched lid hinged at back; engraved decoration featuring birds amidst floral and foliate borders; silver mounts consisting of center lock in form of double eagle, corner and angle plates, loop handle at top of lid, and four ball feet.
place: label: probably made in
content: Mexico
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-131-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Casket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shaped and engraved tortoiseshell with applied pigment and repoussé silver (mounts)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16 x 22.5 x 9.8 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)