Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints The cabinet having an inlaid

The cabinet having an inlaid arched gallery to the top

This cabinet had been part of the furnishings of this very grand mansion in 1902

The barometer housed in the original sharkskin case

to the verso is a label with the title "beggars at the gate of the sun"

displayed within a pair of outer decorative pediment columns with trailing floral decoration

Antique Italian Baroque Walnut & Engraved Iron Jewelry Strong Box Cassone 1600 Drawings & Prints The cabinet having an inlaidSOLD 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