
Coffret (Primary Title)
Box (Former Title)
Master of the Boar, Swiss, active 14th century (Artist)
This box is decorated in a style typical of 14th-century Swiss leatherwork, including the embossed animal and foliate motifs. It probably held important documents or small objects, protected from theft or tampering by the fox and dragon-two symbols of the devil-aside the lock.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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