Caption

Box with straight walls and a diagonally sloping lid, covered with embossed brass sheet depicting feast scenes in an inn; mounted on four steel rollers. Walls, bottom and lid made of boards; rollers attached to two wide strips glued to the bottom on the short sides. 2nd half of the 19th century. Central Europe, possibly Germany Silesia. Historicist style; subject: inns, feasts. Piece of furniture storage. Height 49 cm, width 60.5 cm, depth 32.7 cm., and origin; inscriptions/author unknown., The image shows a rectangular metal chest with a sloped hinged lid, covered in raised decorative relief scenes and ornate border patterns; the surface appears mostly dark bronze with areas of greenish and bluish patina and hints of brown, and the chest rests on small rounded feet with a slightly lighter base edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_366

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26.2Mb (1.8Mb) / 11.2in x 9.1in / 3349 x 2736 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box straight walls diagonally sloping lid covered embossed brass sheet depicting feast scenes inn mounted four steel rollers Walls bottom boards rollers attached two wide strips glued short sides 2nd half 19th century Central Europe Germany Silesia Historicist style subject inns feasts Piece furniture storage Height 49 cm width 60.5 cm depth 32.7 cm origin inscriptions author unknown image rectangular metal chest sloped hinged raised decorative relief scenes ornate border patterns surface mostly dark bronze areas greenish bluish patina hints brown chest rests small rounded feet slightly lighter base edge.