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Writing Casket
Severo Calzetta da Ravennac. 1525
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The interior is divided into four compartments for storing writing implements and sand for blotting.
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- Title: Writing Casket
- Creator: Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496-c.1543)
- Date Created: c. 1525
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 16 x 21.3 x 14 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Hermann Goldschmidt (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.63
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Ravenna, 16th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1941.63
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