New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

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Covered Box With Inkwells

Manufacturer Tiffany & Co. (American, 1907-1933)

Date1920

MediumGilt bronze

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (7 x 13 x 7.8 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number83.471

Terms

Venetian
New York

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DescriptionRectangular covered box in the form of a chest on a stand. Two inkwells inside. Decorated with fields of richly chased ornament relieved by a deeply carved band of ermines around the edge. Style used extensively by 16th century Venetian leather craftsmen in making tooled objects.