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English
1575–1600
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Wood; polychromed beechwood
Dimensions
Overall: 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch) in honor of Ellenor M. Alcorn and Jeffrey H. Munger
Accession Number2000.588.1
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsWood Carvings / Turnings
DescriptionSet of twelve Elizabethan roundels in beechwood, one side decorated in polychrome and gold floral, leaf, fruit and scroll devices encircling quotations from the Bible, one with a Death's head; contained in turned beechwood box retaining traces of original decoration.
ProvenanceUntil 1971, Stair & Company, Williamsburg, VA; January 22, 1071, sold by Stair & Company to Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch), Warner, NH; gift of Edith l. Welch to the MFA. (Accession date: March 22, 2000)