Courting couple (meeting of lovers); offering of the heart; tree.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.
London 1987: English (?), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Object Condition
Missing: lower left corner.
Two holes on the left side (one caused the panel to break).
Provenance
Found during excavations at St Michael's House, Southampton, in 1972.
Bibliography
Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400, ed. by J. J. G. Alexander and Paul Binski, exhibition catalogue, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1987, no. 428.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 127.
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