Carved Wood Boxes, Caskets, and Coffers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

	Carved Wooden Boxes
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A Viking-age wooden box (lid removed) Falconry-equipment box in the shape of a leopard, Thuringen, 13th century Several 14th-16th century examples in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Munich) section of Bildindex, mostly with carved tracery patterns. Casket, Germany, 14th century (also here, here, here, here, here, and here) Casket with animals, Upper Rhine, 14th century (back) Casket with fantastical animals, Upper Rhine?, 14th century (top) Minnekästchen with heraldry, Bodensee, 14th century Minnekästchen with iron mounts Lid of a carved casket (a man and wife with the tree of loyalty), c. 1400 Minnekästchen with human and animal figures and inscription, Alsace, c. 1400; additional information here Marriage-coffret, first half of the 15th century (there are traces of color paints) Casket, southern Germany, 15th century (also here and here) Coffer with carved tracery, 15th century Casket with carved Gothic tracery and metallic paper laminate, 15th century Casket with lacería carving, Mudejar, 15th century Copy of a 15th century casket with the coats of arms of Doña María Davila of the Convent of Gordillas, Avila; 15th century A box carved with intricate foliage, c. 1450-1550 (top) Minnekästchen, Upper or Middle Rhine, c. 1460-1470 Oak coffret with a sun, 1478 Minnekästchen with a unicorn-hunt, Upper Rhine, c. 1480 Casket with Gothic tracery carving, Spain?, 15th century Coffer, elm, 15th century Coffret with carvings of a lady giving a ring to a gentleman, the hunt of the unicorn, and a lover enchained by a woman; Germany, end of the 15th century Coffer with Gothic tracery carving, Spain, end of the 15th century Casket, southern Germany, c. 1486-1500 Casket with carved tracery, southern Germany, c. 1486-1500 Casket with Gothic tracery carving, Spain, 16th century Casket with scenes from the story of Samson, German, c. 1530-1550 Casket, c. 1540

Carved Wooden Boxes

A Viking-age wooden box (lid removed)
Falconry-equipment box in the shape of a leopard, Thuringen, 13th century
Several 14th-16th century examples in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Munich) section of Bildindex, mostly with carved tracery patterns.
Casket, Germany, 14th century (also here, here, here, here, here, and here)
Casket with animals, Upper Rhine, 14th century (back)
Casket with fantastical animals, Upper Rhine?, 14th century (top)
Minnekästchen with heraldry, Bodensee, 14th century
Minnekästchen with iron mounts
Lid of a carved casket (a man and wife with the tree of loyalty), c. 1400
Minnekästchen with human and animal figures and inscription, Alsace, c. 1400; additional information here
Marriage-coffret, first half of the 15th century (there are traces of color paints)
Casket, southern Germany, 15th century (also here and here)
Coffer with carved tracery, 15th century
Casket with carved Gothic tracery and metallic paper laminate, 15th century
Casket with lacería carving, Mudejar, 15th century
Copy of a 15th century casket with the coats of arms of Doña María Davila of the Convent of Gordillas, Avila; 15th century
A box carved with intricate foliage, c. 1450-1550 (top)
Minnekästchen, Upper or Middle Rhine, c. 1460-1470
Oak coffret with a sun, 1478
Minnekästchen with a unicorn-hunt, Upper Rhine, c. 1480
Casket with Gothic tracery carving, Spain?, 15th century
Coffer, elm, 15th century
Coffret with carvings of a lady giving a ring to a gentleman, the hunt of the unicorn, and a lover enchained by a woman; Germany, end of the 15th century
Coffer with Gothic tracery carving, Spain, end of the 15th century
Casket, southern Germany, c. 1486-1500
Casket with carved tracery, southern Germany, c. 1486-1500
Casket with Gothic tracery carving, Spain, 16th century
Casket with scenes from the story of Samson, German, c. 1530-1550
Casket, c. 1540