# Letter casket

- Date: c. 1808 - c. 1810
- Medium: mahogany (wood), gilding (material), brass (alloy), oak (wood)
- Classification: brievenbus
- Dimensions: height 56 cm x width 54 cm x depth 45 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijke Verzamelingen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-BR-570-C--332be678d1e22790f2c1e835609da6b8)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/RuZKk/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This letter casket or box comes from Louis Napoleon’s office in the royal palace. It was a new type of furniture, used to store documents for the King’s attention so that servants could not read them. The casket’s form is based on a shield from antiquity.