Polished and Engraved Iron Case, Nuremberg 16th Century

Polished iron box engraved with etching, with motifs of foliated scrolls, volutes and windings and two-headed eagles in cartridges.  A testimony to the skill of the Nuremberg craftsmen, this box with a three-point lock guaranteed security to its owner, who locked precious valuables in it. 

Germany, Nuremberg 2nd half of the 16th century. 
Biblio: "Prunk kassetten "E. Berger