Gatty 1883: French, 14th century.
London 1923: French, 14th century. Considers the left leaf as a later addition.
Liverpool Ivories 1954: French, later 14th century.
Gibson 1994 and Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish, 1340-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges.
Provenance
Joseph Mayer collection: given by Joseph Mayer to the town of Liverpool in 1867.
Bibliography
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), no. 20, p. 173.
C. T. Gatty, Catalogue of Mediaeval and Later Antiquities contained in the Mayer Museum (Liverpool, 1883), no. 51.
P. Nelson, 'The Mediaeval Ivories in the Liverpool Museum II', in The Connoisseur 30 (1911), no. XIII.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 124.
Liverpool Ivories: Special Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London, British Museum, 1954, no. 41.
M. Gibson, The Liverpool Ivories: late antique and medieval ivory and bone carving in Liverpool Museum and the Walker Art Gallery (London, 1994), no. 30.
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