Inv. W 1011
Foliated scrolls (rinceaux); flowers (roses).
Museum's opinion 2013: 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Engraved on all sides.
Provenance
Collection of prince Karl of Prussia (b. 1801, d. 1883) and of his son, prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (b. 1828, d. 1885); acquired by the Museum in 1883, initially kept at the Zeughaus.
Bibliography
G. Hiltl, Waffen-Sammlung Sr. Königlichen Hoheit des Prinzen Carl von Preussen (Berlin, 1876), p. 186, no. 1055.
J. von Schlosser, 'Elfenbeinsättel des ausgehenden Mittelalters', in Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, 15 (1894), pp. 260-294, no. 6. Fully accessible online as part of the Heidelberger historische Bestände: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/jbksak1894/0318 [accessed 24/07/2013].
M. Verő, 'Bemerkungen zu den Beinsätteln aus der Sigismundzeit', in Sigismundus rex et imperator: Kunst und Kultur zur Zeit Sigismunds von Luxemburg 1387-1437, exhibition catalogue, Budapest and Luxemburg, 2006, pp. 270-278 (p. 277, no. 2).
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