Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket

Unknown Artist

ca. 1173–80

Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gilded silver with niello and a glass cabochon set over a tinted foil

Dimensions

2 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (5.5 x 7 x 4.7 cm) Other (interior cavity overall): 1 5/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (3.4 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Silver

Culture

British

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.520

Tags

AngelsMenSaints

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