Saint George and the dragon.
Longhurst 1929: German, 2nd half of the 15th century or 19th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: German (?), probably late 15th or 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Worn. Chipped in places.
Comments
This piece may have functioned as a guild or devotional badge (see Williamson and Davies 2014).
Provenance
Given to the Museum in 1866 by Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, dealer and furniture maker in Paris.
Bibliography
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 75.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 57.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 162.
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