Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case, frame of 10 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 10 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 10 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Romance.

Repository Institution
www.alnwickcastle.com

Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland

S/n

Ivory;wood (later frame)

Height: 75mm (diameter; ivory only); 89mm (with frame)

Mermaid playing the harp; animals wrestling (lion and bear?); youth standing at a city gate; bird in a tree.

London 1923: French, end of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Worn.

Comments
These scenes could illustrate an episode of Melusine.

Provenance
Collection of the Duke of Northumberland (at least since 1923 when was exhibited at the Burlington Club).

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 148.

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