The Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection, A Family Collection, A National Museum, An International Treasure House

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Casket
  • Casket
  • Unknown Artist / Maker
  • Augsburg, Germany
  • Late 16th century
    c. 1560 (lock)
  • Iron, gold, metal, wood and brocade, chiselled
  • Height: 16.5 cm
    Length: 21.7 cm
    Width: 15 cm
  • Inscription: 'GLORIA' and possibly 'MVXL'
  • W95
  • Sixteenth Century Gallery
History
  • Perhaps 'Monsieur Julliot’, sale, Paris, 1802; citoyen S[c]ellier, marchand, rue de Seine, Paris; bought from him in 1802 by Alexandre Lenoir (1761-1837); by c.1815, William Beckford (1766-1844), Fonthill Abbey; by whom given, c.1822, to his agent, chevalier Gregorio Franchi (1770-1828); his sale, 1827, at which bought by Francis Douce (1757-1834); bequeathed by him to Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848); W.H. Meyrick (d.1865); General Augustus Meyrick (d.1902); sold by him c.1871 to Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890), Paris; sold by him c.1871-3 to T.M. Whitehead, London; bought by Sir Richard Wallace in 1873 for £600.