Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; two angels crowning the Virgin.
Angels swinging censers and holding navettes in the spandrels.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of 14th century.
Museum's Opinion 2010: French or Mosan (?), mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Smooth and flat. Chamfered outer edges.
Modern ink inscription 'W.M.' (for William Maskell).
Object Condition
Missing: part of the crown.
Holes in the upper corners (filled). One of the hinges cavities has also been filled.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 260, pl. LVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 199, 219; II, no. 553.
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