Case of Boxes, Caskets, Cases and Mirrors
Created by John Paul Cooper
Date: 1900
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: container
Object type: boxes and cases
Material: metal - silver, processed and vegetal - gesso, wood - ebony
Description: Case of Work Boxes (cat. nos II and V), a Jewel Box (cat. no. III), Caskets (cat. nos IV and VI), a Gesso Box (cat. no. VII), Stamp Boxes (cat nos VIII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XX), Boxes (cat nos IX, X and XVIII), Jewel Cases (cat. nos XI and XII), a Card Case (cat. no. XVII) and a Silver Mirror (cat. no. XIX).
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1900
On sale at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1900
Case of Work Boxes (cat. nos II and V, £15 and £15 15s.), a Jewel Box (cat. no. III, £30), Caskets (cat. nos IV and VI, £21 and £14 14s.), a Gesso Box (cat. no. VII, £8 8s.), Stamp Boxes (cat nos VIII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XX, £2 10s., £2, £3, £2 and £3 3s.), Boxes (cat nos IX, X and XVIII, £8 8s., £5 and £7 7s.), Jewel Cases (cat. nos XI and XII, £3 15s. and £3 10s.), a Card Case (cat. no. XVII, £4 10s.) and a Silver Mirror (cat. no. XIX, not for sale).
Citing this record
'Case of Boxes, Caskets, Cases and Mirrors', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib5_1208784206, accessed 22 May 2022]
