Lid
Preparation for tournament; knights on horseback; ladies holding spears; courting couples; ladies and youths observing the scene from a balcony; lady with a dog; two heralds in trees blowing trumpets; horses; shields.
Twisted columns.
Body, front
Female musician playing a string instrument; man with a hawk on his wrist; male figure supporting the lock; capture of the unicorn; man in a tree spearing the unicorn; maiden holding a mirror; trees. Male musician playing the psaltery.
Twisted columns.
End, right
Courting couple (meeting of lovers); youth with a hawk on his wrist; youth chucking his lover under the chin. Man kneeling before a lady; lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet.
Body, back
Male musician playing a string instrument. Courting couple (meeting of lovers); couple conversing; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a glove. Couple embracing; tree. Female musician playing the psaltery.
Twisted columns.
End, left
Courting couple (meeting of lovers); youth chucking his lover under the chin. Offering of a chaplet.
Attribution Unknown
Reverse Carved on all sides.
Object Condition Holes for the missing fittings. Numerous repaired breakages. Green staining.
Missing: lock.
Provenance Kunstzalen A. Vecht, Netherlands, 2000; Sam Fogg Gallery, 1 June 2000; Private collection, London (in 2015).
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