Seated queen holding a sceptre and wearing a crown; male servant holding a cup or goblet; soldier in armour.
Throne like a fortified wall with battlements and pinnacles.
Westwood 1876: Germany, 14th century(?).
Dalton 1909: Germany, 13th - 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Germany, 14th - 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: one pinnacle on the back of throne.
Crack: right side, diagonally through figure holding spear and queen's lap. Possible reattachment.
Provenance
Acquired in Copenhagen (Denmark). Collection of Colonel Somers. Collection of John Webb (b. 1776, d. 1869); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
Annaler for Nordiske Oldkyndighed (1838-39), pl. I, fig. 5, p. 147.
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 823 ('73.310).
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 392, Pl. XCIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 468.
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