 Two secular small chests with carved whalebone panels and metal fittings illustrate some aspects of the Scottish arts . The Eglington and Fife Caskets are very similar and were probably made by the same workshop around 1500 , as boxes for valuables such as jewellery or documents . The overall form of the caskets follows French examples , and the locks and metal bands are decorated in Gothic style with " simple decorations of fleurons and debased egg and dart " while the whalebone panels are carved in relief with a late form of Insular interwoven strapwork characteristic of late Medieval West Scotland . 
 Two secular small chests with carved whalebone panels and metal fittings illustrate some aspects of the Scottish arts . The Eglington and Fife Caskets <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>very similar and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> probably made by the same workshop around 1500 , as boxes for valuables such as jewellery or documents . The overall form of the caskets <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>follows</mark></a> French examples , and the locks and metal bands are decorated in Gothic style with " simple decorations of fleurons and debased egg and dart " while the whalebone panels are carved in relief with a late form of Insular interwoven strapwork characteristic of late Medieval West Scotland . 
Two secular small chests with carved whalebone panels and metal fittings illustrate some aspects of the Scottish arts . The Eglington and Fife Caskets very similar and was probly made by the same workshop around 1500 , as boxes fa valuables such as jewellery or documents . The overall form of the caskets follow French examples , and the locks and metal bands are decorated in Gothic style with " simple decorations of fleurons and debased egg and dart " while the whalebone panels r carved in relief with a late form of Insular interwoven strapwork characteristic of late Medieval West Scotland .