Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.
Three paper labels on the back of the ivory with inscriptions: 'Ralph Woods', '3' and 'H. Oppenheimer'.
Label on the back of the mount with inscription: 'Ralph M. Woods. Mirror case French 1st half XIVth Cent. Oppenheimer Collection.'

Object Condition
Missing: left side of the piece; three of the four corner terminals are damaged. The piece seems to have been filed in the upper border and in its lower part and some of the relief has been lost as a result.
Central hole in the upper part of the piece (probably for later hanging).

Provenance
Collection of Ralph M. Wood (see label on the reverse). Collection of Henry Oppenheimer (see label on the reverse)(at least 1923-1936): his sale, Christie's, London, 25 July 1936, lot 179. Collection of Mrs M. E. Ruffer: bequeathed to the National Trust in 1959; now in the Flint Cottage Collection.

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 146 (?; collection of Henry Oppenheimer).