Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet; saint John the Evangelist; Holy Women; soldier in armour; falchion.
Tracery with blind arches in the spandrels; border of dentils.
Williamson and Davies 2014: England, late 14th century-early 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Chamfered slot at the back.
Object Condition
The two lower corners seem to have been cut off. Chipped surface.
Left border chipped.
Two large holes have been drilled in the background, another at the base of the Cross and two more in the upper corners.
Some discolouration.
Provenance
Purchased by the museum from Mallett and Sons in 1932 (£60).
Bibliography
Chaucer's London: The Mirror of All England, exhibition catalogue, London, Museum of London, April-August 1972, no. 252.
D. A. Porter, Ivory Carvings in Later Medieval England 1200-1400 (unpublished PhD thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1974), no. 53.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 138.
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