Saint Veronica holding a cloth with the Holy Face of Christ (Sancta Facies) (Veronica's veil); saint Apollonia holding a pair of pincers and a book; tooth; brooch.
Longhurst 1929: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Lower Rhenish (?) or French (Paris), late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat with scoring.
Label with inscription: 'Gothic, 14th cent. / St Veronica & / St Barbara."
Object Condition
Missing: lower corner of the base and saint Apollonia's drapery.
Thin section has been trimmed off the right side.
Provenance
Alfred Trapnell collection: sale, Christie's, London, 18 March 1914, lot 240. Henry. L. Florence collection, Bath: his bequest to the museum in 1916.
Bibliography
Victoria and Albert Museum, Review of the Principal Acquisitions during the years 1911-1938, (London, 1917) p. 5.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 33, pl. XXXI.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 155.
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