Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints The cabinet having an inlaid

The cabinet having an inlaid arched gallery to the top

displayed within a pair of outer decorative pediment columns with trailing floral decoration

the neck & base of the jars having a band of geometric archaic decoration

to the verso is a label with the title "beggars at the gate of the sun"

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Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints The cabinet having an inlaidSOLD A rare antique 17th century Italian Baroque walnut jewelry or strong box, circa 1600. The box made from solid walnut, the substantial box having a locking hinged lid with hand forged iron bolts, the bolts go through the lid and connect to a pair of heavy gauge engraved strap hinges. The box has a hand forged iron carrying handle with gimballed fittings allowing the handle to move. To the front is a hand forged iron flower shaped lock escutcheon