Gothic Ivories Project | Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick (Back)

Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick (Back)

Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick (Back)

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Subject
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Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inv. F 1295a

Ivory

Height: 229mm
Width: 30mm
Depth: 10mm

Collared dog.
Foliated decoration; flowers; crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2012: France or Flanders (?), 2nd third of 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: green (plants), gold (dog).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Pierced with hole through the bottom part; small hole in the upper part (possibly for a ribbon).

Comments
The function of this object is uncertain.

Provenance
Julius Böhler, Munich (art dealer); Collection of Albert Figdor, Vienna; bought by the Museum on 15 August 1935.

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