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 Includes leather-covered boxes, tooled-leather boxes, etc. There are some cases listed here, but another page on this site focuses on leather cases. 
Large octagonal box with the figure of Dame Minne (Venus) between a pair of lovers, Basel, 14th century (pictures of sides with depictions of men and women here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here)Casket, Flanders, first half of the 14th centuryPhiladelphia Museum of Art 1930-1-90, a coffer, Italy, 14th century (additional details)GNM HG3591, a case, Prague, c. 1350 (also here, here, here, here, here, and here)Cleveland Museum of Art 1999.211, a leather casket with scenes of courtly love, France, second half of the 14th centuryGNM HG298, a leather-covered wooden trunk-shaped box with iron fittings, southern Germany, second half of the 14th centuryCl. 17506, a coffret with scenes of courtly love, and the Virgin and Child on an enclosure in the lid, Flanders, end of the 14th century (more photos)GNM HG292, a casket with fabulous animals, Vienna, c. 1400 Deutsches Ledermuseum in Offenbach 1.31.10, minnekästchen with fabulous animals, Austria, c. 1400 (resembles example above, though it seems to be a different casket)Walters 73.14, a casket with scenes from romances, France, early 15th centuryLeather casket from the treasury of St. Johanniskirche in Herford, made in northern Germany in the first half of the 15th century (additional views
here, here, here, here, and here)Walters 73.12, a coffret and key, France, c. 1425-1450Leather box with curved top, 15th centuryJewelry-casket, 15th centuryJewelry-casket, 15th centuryGNM HG295, a coffer shaped like a trunk, 15th century France (also here, here, and here; following restoration, here, here, and here)GNM HG296, a coffer shaped like a trunk, 15th century southern Germany (also here and here)GNM HG300, casket, southern Germany, 15th centuryGNM HG2484, a case for a lady's belt, 15th century GermanyCarved-leather box with iron lock, 15th centuryGNM HG293, a box with ivy, animals, and humans; a lady and a unicorn on the front; Franconia, second half of the 15th century Christie's Sale 2782, Lot 2, an Italian 'cuir cisele' casket, late 15th centuryCl. 23527, a messenger's coffret, France, end of the 15th century (more photos)Cl. 23533, coffer, northern France or southern Netherlands, end of the 15th or early 16th century (more photos)Two carved-leather boxes with iron locks, 15th-16th centuriesChristie's Sale 2782, Lot 3, an iron-mounted 'cuir cisele' casket, French or German, late 15th/early 16th centuryGNM HG11.635, a casket, Nuremburg?, c. 1500Cl. 21360, a coffret with rosettes and rinceaux and a monogram, Italy, c. 1500Caskets at Museum Vleeshuis, c. 1500: 31.G.1, 31.G.2, 31.G.3, 31.G.5Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum 280, a document-coffer, Leoben, c. 1500British Museum 1891,0905.15, a cuir-bouilli casket bound with iron, with an inscription referring to Anne of Brittany, and a single keyhole for double locks with animal head terminals, early 16th centuryA casket with carved or incised decorations, made in Tyrol in 1502 (back)Cl. 13119, a leather-covered travel chest made in France in the first quarter of the 16th centuryCarved-leather box with animals and acanthus-leaves, 16th century Germany (side; other side; back?; front)Box for writing supplies, gilt & impressed leather, Venice (Turkish work?), 16th centuryMuseum Vleeshuis 31.G.32, a casket, 16th century SpainMet 67.55.105a, b, coffer with key, leather-covered oak with iron, France, 16th centuryWalters 73.1, a leather box for the pennant of Francis I at the Battle of Pavia, c. 1525V&A W.18:1 to 6-1958, travelling trunk which may have belonged to Edward VI, oak with stamped leather, silk linings, and wrought-iron handles; England (perhaps by William Green), c. 1547-1553Round box or case, gilt & impressed leather, Italy, c. 1550Jewelry-box, Milan, c. 1560Jewelry-box with gilt pattern, Italy, middle of the 16th century (top)Round box with a gilt pattern, Italy, 16th centuryA painted box from the Netherlands, c. 1555-1565Museum Vleeshuis 31.G.20, a footed casket with stamped/gilt decoration, Antwerp, c. 1565Museum Vleeshuis 31.G.19, a casket with stamped decoration, Antwerp, c. 1575Philadelphia Museum of Art 1930-1-94, a jewelry casket made in Paris (attributed to the Première Palmette Workshop) c. 1575-1585Bunratty Castle 115, a document box, late 16th century |