Description
Portrayed on the case made in southern Germany in about 1745 are Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees; Vertumnus, the god of changing seasons, in the guise of an old lady; and Cupid.
Provenance
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 55); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.