Gothic Ivories Project | Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick; known as the staff of Jean d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois de Longueville (Front)

Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick; known as the staff of Jean d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois de Longueville (Front)

Burnishing tool (polissoir) or folding stick; known as the staff of Jean d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois de Longueville (Front)

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Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 390 mm

Coat of arms of the Counts of Dunois (fleurs-de-lys; label of three points; cottised; small crown or coronet).
Crosshatched background; roped border.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
One hole in the lower part of the piece.
Carved area chipped.

Comments
The function of this piece remains uncertain.

Provenance
Probably made for Jean d'Orléans, comte de Dunois de Longueville (b. 1402, d. 1468); his family, by descent. Sotheby’s, Paris, 7 November 2013, lot 68.

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