Standing youth (king?) with a hawk on his wrist; youth feeding a hawk; crown.
Koechlin 1924: French, end of the 13th century.
Théodore 1932: France (Picardy?), 13th century.
Bencard 1975: French, end of the 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: lower part of the piece.
Provenance
Found in Lille in 1890 in the vicinity of the site once occupied by the castle of Dargnau (or des Reignaux), now at the corner of place des Reigniaux and rue de la Quennette (see Théodore 1932 for more details); given by Henri Rigaux, archeologist, to Émile Théodore, Director of the Musée des Beaux Arts of Lille, for his private collection (at least 1924-1932).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 417-418; II, no. 1119bis.
E. Théodore, 'A propos de deux manches de couteau en os sculpté du 13e siècle représentant des fauconniers', in Bulletin de la Commission Départementale des Monuments Historiques du Pas-de-Calais, V, 1ere livraison (1932), pp. 183-191 (pp. 186-189, fig. 2).
M. Bencard, ‘Om et middelalderligt knivskaft fra Ribe’, in Fra Ribe Amt (1975), pp. 36-61, no. 15.
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