Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
Diego de Çaias (Spanish, 1535–1560)
1554–1564
- Medium
- steel with gold inlay
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Spain
About
This object served as a frame for a mounted leather or cloth purse. Worn by men at the waist, such purses were attached by means of a suspension swivel. The handsome gold inlay depicting hunting and military scenes includes the inscription ALFONSVS ESTENSIS, as well as a coat-of-arms that identifies the owner as Alfonso II d'Este, created Duke of Ferrara in 1559.