Title

Pewter container, c1300, (1881). Creator: M Sullivan.

Caption

Pewter container, c1300, (1881). Etching of a pyx (container for storing consecrated bread used in the catholic mass) or salt cellar, made in England in the early 14th century. The box is hexagonal in shape and stands on three feet. The hinged lid is decorated in relief with the Annunciation, and the arms of France and England as used before 1340. There is a religious inscription in Latin round the edge of the upper section, and the finial is in the form of a seated hound. 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

HRM19F37_036

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 14,1in x 18,0in / 4236 x 5406 (300dpi)

Keywords

Latin England religious arts country religion metal book box museum English medieval Christianity boxes location century ecclesiastical literature artefact artifact hexagonal Salt Cellar 19th century B W annunciation Middle Ages Victoria and Albert Museum 14th century Fourteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art pewter pyx South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A container V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston M Sullivan Sullivan M M. Sullivan Sullivan M.