Saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, staff and satchel; satchel decorated with a scallop shell; standing Virgin and Child; saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river.
Pointed trefoils.
Randall 1993: Flemish, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (repaired).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Austrian export stamp. Ink inscription: 'no. 75 in catalogue'.
Object Condition
Breakage at the foot of saint Christopher (repaired).
Provenance
Collections of Graf Wilzek, Burg Kreutzenstein, Austria. Collection of Mr and Mrs Booth Tarkington, Indianapolis (bought from Silberman Galleries, New York, in 1934); gift of Mrs Booth Tarkington in memory of Booth Tarkington, in 1957.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 145.
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