Koechlin 1924: French, 1st half of the 14th century.
Williamson 2002 and Museum's opinion 2009: France (probably Paris), c. 1320-1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved on all sides. Bottom smooth and flat.
Label with inscription at the back of the lid: 'Collection Wernher no. 111'. The interior of the casket is not lined.
Provenance
Collection of Karl Thewalt, Cologne (at least 1900-1903): his sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 4-14 November 1903, lot 590; collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 187.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 479, 481, 482, 484; II, no. 1265; III, pl. CCXVI.
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo (May 2002), pp. 17-22 (pp. 19-20, fig. 8).
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 94, fig. 46, in relation to no. 15.
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