Casket 1875 or 1876 Unknown maker for R. & S. Garrard & Co. British The cameos, probably carved in a Neapolitan workshop, are based on ancient models as well as on work of the nineteenth-century sculptors Antonio Canova (1757–1822) and Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). This unique casket may have been commissioned from the London firm Garrard & Co., Crown Jewelers from 1843 until 2007, by a client who purchased the cameos during a visit to Casket 231639

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