Knight on horseback holding a horseman's hammer or battle axe.
Dalton 1909: German or Dutch, 16th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: German, 1st quarter of 16th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: German, about 1510-1530.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of red paint.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Figure is remounted on a new stand (Dalton 1909).
Missing: horse's feet and ears.
Comments
This knight is similar to pieces in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2998-1856) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1984.214).
Provenance
Purchased by the Museum through Augustus Woolaston Franks, 1860.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 494, pl. CXVI.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 248.
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