Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Natanson 1951: French, c. 1360-1380.
Museum's opinion 2009: French (Paris), c. 1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved on all sides. Blue and white label with inscription inside the lid: 'Collection Wernher no. 166'. Same label on the bottom. Earlier blue and white label with ink inscription: 'H. VII/1' (?).
Provenance
Collection of Ralph Bernal (b. 1783, d. 1854), London; collection of Martin Heckscher, Vienna: his sale, Christie's, 4-6 May 1898, lot 193; Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; Wernher sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 2000, lot W62; remained in the Wernher collection; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 297; II, no. 822.
J. Natanson, Gothic Ivories of the 13th and 14th Centuries (London, 1951), p. 38, figs. 51-52.
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