Jewel Casket, ca. between 1700 and 1710

  • Johann Andreas Thelot, German, 1655-1734
  • Johann Valentin Gevers, German, 1662-1737

Silver, silver gilt, tortoiseshell, and green-tinted ivory on wood carcass

  • Overall: 12 1/4 × 18 1/2 × 15 inches (31.1 × 47 × 38.1 cm)

Museum Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund and funds from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson, The Stoddard Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gabrys, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gargaro, Lila and Gilbert Silverman, The Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Robert Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Aronoff, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brodie, Vivian Day and John Stroh, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eisenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D'Avanzo, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin S. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Tibbitts, Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden, Rebecca and Gerhardt Hein, Lova Khoram, Charlotte Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tahill, Deborah Thompson, and Mrs. Edward J. Tutag

2005.22

On View

  • Decorative Arts

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

(J. Kugel Antiquaires, Paris, France)

2005-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Darr, Alan. P. and Brian Gallagher. "Recent acquisitions (2000-2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1251 (June 2007): p. 451, pl. VI (ill.).

attributed to Johann Andreas Thelot; attributed to Johann Valentin Gevers, Jewel Casket, ca. between 1700 and 1710, silver, silver gilt, tortoiseshell, and green-tinted ivory on wood carcass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund and funds from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo, et al., 2005.22.