Restorations.

The present casket, which presents plaques depicting characters in profile facing each other and crenellated towers in the corners, is comparable with similar models traditionally attributed to the Bottega degli Embriachi, active in Venice and northern Italy between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. For a comparison, see a pair of the Chigi Saracini Collection of Siena, with plaques decorated with courteous scenes in the style of the International Gothic (C. Sisi (curated by) "La collezione Chigi Saracini di Siena", Mantua 2000, p. 142 n° 124) and the casket with pairs of figures, dated to the first quarter of the fifteenth century, published in L. Martini (curated by)"Bottega degli Embriachi. Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento", Brescia 2001, p. 40 n° 5.

Comparative literature: C. Sisi (edited by) "La collezione Chigi Saracini di Siena", Mantua 2000, p. 142 n° 124;
L. Martini (edited by)"Bottega degli Embriachi. Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento", Brescia 2001, p. 40 n° 5.