A 16th century iron and leather coffret, French, circa 1500


The exterior bound with foliate- and scroll-tooled leather and bound with iron bands, the hasp hinged separately from the rest of the lid and concealing a shallow compartment, the front with decorative lockplate, 8.5cm wide x 11cm deep x 8cm high, (3in wide x 4in deep x 3in high)
|Literature: A similar example, with a section of its lid lifting independently of the rest, is illustrated, M. Pall, Versperrbare Kostbarkeiten (2006), p. 9, Cat. No. 7.