Help! Didn't know where to put this.

This was purchased with a bunch of old paperwork, newspapers etc. Inside this box were pictures from the 30s or so. It's all leather on the outside. The picture looks like to me, a knight of some sort on a horse, stabbing something under the horse. This appears hand made. Any ideas of the possible origin and date? It's a rather cool box.

 

Hi Armando,
It is a man's jewelry box made of leather. The scene is a Medievil scene of St George killing the dragon. I have no idea of age since they have been made for years. I am getting an Italian vibe but perhaps Spain.
greg

 

Wow, learn something every day. I'll probably display it somewhere in my house as art. Find a neat little shadow box or something to put it in. Thanks!

 

I thought Italian too.I have a couple of liquor bottles wrapped in leather with various scenes.

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Now I am leaning towards Spain as the horse looks a bit cartoonish..still a cool box

 

Is that you in the avatar?

 

Yeppers...like in the early 80's LOL

 

Ya, the hair surely is the 80s look. I was young but I had huge crush on Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. If I may, very lovely picture.

 

It could come from several countries that have St George as patron saint. Spain - Catalunya - is more likely than Italy, but these are also made in places like Cappadocia.

 

Could be Ethiopian. I've seen similar treatments on things called magic scrolls.

 

I'm just trying to understand when you say "treatments" what is that referring to? I just took a brief look at Ethiopian magic scrolls and they are scrolls, this is a box. Did the Ethiopians do commissions for different objects? I hope I asked that right?

 

I found an image from a scroll that looks a lot like mine but some differences in it too.

 

It's just a conjecture. "Treatment" refers to the medieval style of the rendering. The same subject could have been rendered in a Renaissance, or Victorian, or Mid-century, or realistic, or abstract, or any number of other treatments.

 

I noticed that there were pouches for scrolls. I wonder if this could of been a box to store a scroll that was in a book form.

 

I have looked all over the net and am still looking. Can't find any like yours. It looks old to me but WDIK? I like it of course for the silly horsie. I do see similar simple boxes going for 45 bucks Maybe you have a gem in disquise ?

 

Man I'm so slow sometimes. Someone else used that "WDIK" acronym and I asked what it meant. They replied back, means I don't know. I told them my kids use IDK for I don't know. I just read through through your statement, understanding every letter, What Do I Know. I can be slow sometimes at catching on.

 

Hi Armando,
You are young, you have no excuse.. I on the other hand am old and have an excuse.
greg

 

St. George & The Dragon is a popular theme in many countries and has been for centuries. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum must have five or six representations because she was fond of it. I didn't find one on a leather box when I searched, but here is a page of examples.

http://search.comcast.net/?cat=images&q=St. George & the Dragon leather box#params/hl=en&start=60&num=20&safe=on&q=St. George the Dragon/0