Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Beaded border. Pointed trefoils.
Dalton 1909: French, late 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of 14th century.
Paris 1991: Paris, 3rd quarter or last 3rd of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Paris, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two broken hinges on the right side (modern).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Ink inscription: 'June/52' and '47' (in red), '16' (in pencil).
Object Condition
Cracked between the archangel Gabriel and the Virgin in the Annunciation scene.
Provenance
Acquired in France. Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890), possibly acquired by him in June 1852; purchased 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. 304, Pl. LXVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 207; II, no. 440.
Le Trésor de Saint-Denis, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1991, p. 278.
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