Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
c. 1559
Diego de Çaias
Diego de Çaias (Spanish, 1535–1560)
Medieval Art
Mount for Purse or Escarcelle, c. 1559. Workshop of Diego de Çaias (Spanish, 1535–1560). Steel with gold inlay; overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1550
- Maker/Artist
- Diego de Çaias
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- steel with gold inlay
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: swivel suspension loop is inscribed: ALFONSUS ESTENSIS.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.1550
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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