Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints This landscape was sold in

This landscape was sold in the early 1990s by the revered Portland gallery of Laura Russo

warm honey colored patina

each vase is modeled as a cornucopia and decorated with embossed rococo-scroll cartouches containing winged cherubs and surrounded by scrolling and flowers

it is signed underfoot with an etched signature "Lalique France"

Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints This landscape was sold inSOLD A rare antique 17th century Italian Baroque walnut jewelry or strong box, circa 1600. The box made from solid walnut, the substantial box having a locking hinged lid with hand forged iron bolts, the bolts go through the lid and connect to a pair of heavy gauge engraved strap hinges. The box has a hand forged iron carrying handle with gimballed fittings allowing the handle to move. To the front is a hand forged iron flower shaped lock escutcheon