Iron-Bound Strongbox

Artist Unknown

Date17th century

MediumIron, steel, and black paint

Dimensions13 1/2 x 25 x 14 in. (34.3 x 63.5 x 35.6 cm)

ClassificationsMetal

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Seventeenth-Century Room Fund

Object number2003.7

On View

On view

ProvenancePrivate collection, England; sale, Christie's, South Kensington, February 26, 2003, lot 274 - purchased by NMCA.Published ReferencesEleanor H. Gustafson, "Museum accessions," Antiques (April 2004), mentioned 30.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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