Attack on the Castle of Love; knights in armour assaulting the castle; lady crowning a knight on horseback; ladies throwing roses on the attackers; shields; lovers; knights in armour fighting with swords; knight aiming his bow and arrow (arrow tipped with a rose) at two figures; horses; portcullis.
Corner terminals: four crouching monsters.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 1st half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.
Comments
Dalton (1909) notes that this mirror case is very similar to one in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (218-1867).
Provenance
Acquired in France. Collection of Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (b. 1826, d. 1897): donated by him to the museum in 1888.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 381.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 406; II, no. 1085.
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