Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: 19th century (wings only?).
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century (centre) and 19th century (wings).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two sets of two hinges on either side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Some polychromy and gilding.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Pinnacles carved in the round. Modern ink inscription, 'W.M' (for William Maskell).
Object Condition
Missing: wings (modern replacements).
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 259.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, p. 53, in relation to no. 120.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, in relation to no. 172.
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