Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body); Holy Women.
London 1967: French, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Lowden 2013: German, c. 1350-1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two missing hinges.
Reverse
Inscription: 'MONDE' engraved on the back. Other inscription legible only using UV light, which may read 'John Betts, 2601' (or '2600'). This may indicate it once was part of the collection of John Betts, in Birmingham.
Provenance
Collection of John Betts, Birmingham (?) (see inscription on the reverse). Thomas Gambier Parry, Highnam Court (Gloucestershire)(d. 1888): bought between 1860 and 1875; Sir Hubert Parry (d. 1918), his eldest son (from 1888); Ernest Gambier-Parry (d. 1936), half-brother of Hubert (from 1918); Mark Gambier-Parry (d. 1966), youngest son of Ernest (from 1936); bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute Galleries in 1966.
Bibliography
The Gambier-Parry Collection. Provisional Catalogue (London, 1967), no. 2.
General Catalogue of the Courtauld Institute Galleries (London, 1979), no. 7, p. 10.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), no. 12, pp. 80-83.
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