Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Dublin, National Museum of Ireland

1892:72

Ivory

Height: 98mm
Width: 55mm
Depth: 5mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils in the tympana and spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Inscription in ink: 'Found in [illegible] of the Parsonage-house Broadoak in 176[4?] Cornwall'.
Label with inscription '1892 72'.
Traces of glue.

Object Condition
Several vertical cracks, especially along the top and bottom borders.
Dark stain on the left border.

Provenance
Found in a wall of the old parsonage at Broadoak, Cornwall. Acquired in 1892.

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