Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell; souls burning in Hell; demon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Beaded border.
Westwood 1876: French (?), late 13th century.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Four scratched lines crossing each other at the centre. Inscriptions 'WM. 7' (for William Maskell), '6' (pencil), '130'(?), Dalton number and British Museum number.
Object Condition
Cracked: bottom left.
Drilled holes: top right and bottom left corners.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); bought from him by the Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 394 ('58.58).
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 280, Pl. LXV.
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