Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; two angels crying.
Scalloped arches.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Italian (Veneto), about 1360-90.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (area above the cross, cross, lower background).
Reverse
Flat and smooth, with some scratches. Partly effaced inscription 'at the restoration...Tewkesbury Abbey.'
Object Condition
Missing: a rectangular piece to the left of the cross.
Provenance
Possibly at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire (see inscription on the reverse). Collection of Canon Lewis Gilbertson of Bedford Square, Rector of St Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill, London; bequeathed by Mrs. Edith Gilbertson (d.1940) in memory of her husband in 1940.
Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 107 and in relation to no. 64 and 106.
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