A & A spacer courtauld institute of art
login
quick search advanced search browse temp folder

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)
enlarge image zoom image

Back

Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
www.hamburgmuseum.de

To purchase an image
www.hamburgmuseum.de


Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

Inv. 1926:164

Bone

Height: 81 mm

Standing king on his wrist or standing queen with a hawk on her wrist; standing figure feeding a hawk; crown.

Bencard 1975: c. 1250-1350.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round. Back slightly curved.

Object Condition
Deep crack in the lower part of the piece.

Provenance
Found around 1880-1890 during the dredging of the river Elbe in Hamburg.

Bibliography
L. Leciejewicz, ‘O pochodzeniu rogowej rzezby ze Wzgórza Zamkowego w Szczecinie’, in Studia archaeologica Pomeranica, ed. by F. J. Lachowicz (Koszalin, 1974), p. 177, fig. 6.
M. Bencard, ‘Om et middelalderligt knivskaft fra Ribe’, in Fra Ribe Amt (1975), pp. 36-61, no. 20.


Image

© Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

spacer
spacer spacer spacer spacer
Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.