Presentation casket
The presentation casket to Empress Elizabeth (1937–1898), wife of Emperor Franz Joseph, was made to contain 70 photographs, showing the stands of all the Austrian exhibitors at the Paris International Exposition in 1867. Elizabeth had intended to pay an official visit to the exhibition in order to admire the Austrian contribution, but was prevented by ill health from doing so, and the pictures were made as a souvenir.
Artwork Details
- Title: Presentation casket
- Designer: Josef Ritter von Storck (1830–1902)
- Maker: Rodeck Brothers (Gebrüder Rodeck)
- Date: 1867
- Culture: Austrian
- Medium: Silver gilt, enamel, leather, lapis lazuli
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/2 × 18 3/4 × 22 3/4 in. (16.5 × 47.6 × 57.8 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of Gabriel Wells, 1935
- Object Number: 35.132
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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