Crucifixion; Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Sun and Moon; rugged cross.
Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Dalton 1909: French, late 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding (modern).
Reverse
Curved and smooth: concave. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Ink inscription: 'W. M' (for William Maskell).
Object Condition
Pierced through upper rim.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
N. Layard, 'Notes on Some English Paxes including an example urgently found in Ipswich', in Archaeological Journal 62 (June 1904), pp.119-130 (p. 128).
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 302.
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