Title

The Valence Casket, c1305-1312, (1881). Creator: W Harbutt.

Caption

The Valence Casket, c1305-1312, (1881). Etching of an engraved copper casket with gold and champlevé enamel, made in the early 14th century, possibly in England, or in Limoges, France. The piece was probably made for a member of the Valence family, and the decoration incorporates six shields; the Royal arms of England, and those of five leading familes, all related: Valence (Earls of Pembroke), Brittany (Dreux), Angoulême, Brabant and Lacy (Earls of Lincoln). From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_448

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 20,3in x 12,4in / 6091 x 3711 (300dpi)

Keywords

England arts country French France metal book box museum English copper medieval gold boxes location century literature artefact artifact engraved casket 19th century enamel B W Middle Ages Victoria and Albert Museum 14th century Fourteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector enamelling Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A container enamelled bassetaille V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston Valence Casket W Harbutt Harbutt W W. Harbutt Harbutt W.