Attack on the Castle of Love; men assaulting the castle; man climbing a ladder; ladies on the battlements, holding flowers; shields; man with a crossbow throwing flowers; lady on horseback leaving the castle; knights in armour galloping towards the castle.
Chevron border. Crosshatched background.
Corner terminals: four crouching hybrids.
Catalogue 1910: French, 15th century or 19th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 1st half of the 19th century
Mann 1931: French, 1st half of the 14th century or 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2009: French, early 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Modern labels with inscriptions: 'VIII G/433' and '433' (corresponds to the Wallace Collection catalogue number).
Comments
This piece forms a pair with S254, also in the Wallace Collection.
Provenance
Fountaine collection: bought by Sir Richard Wallace at the Fountaine sale, Christie's, London, 16 June 1884, lot 517.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 871 ('58.44).
E. Molinier, La Collection Wallace (objets d'art). Introduction by Lady Dilke (Paris, 1903 [-04])/A. L. Baldry, The Wallace Collection at Hertford House (London, 1904), p. 248.
A. Maskell, Ivories (Connoisseurs Library), (London, 1905), pl. XLIX.
Catalogue of the Furnitures, Marbles, Bronzes, Clocks, Candelabra, Majolica,... Miniatures and Objects of Art Generally in the Wallace Collection, 6th ed. (London, 1910), no. 433.
F. H. Cripps Day, The History of the Tournament in England and in France (London, 1918), p. 51.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 387 (footnote); II, p. 381 (in relation to no. 1041).
J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: Sculptures, Marbles, Terracotas and Bronzes, Carvings in Ivory and Wood, Plaquettes, Medals, Coins and Wax-Reliefs (London, 1931 with 1981 supplement), pp. 94-95.
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