Inv. AN2008.19
Warren 2014: probably France, c. 1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two sets of two modern hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: painted trefoil in the gable.
Reverse
Centre panel chamfered along the outer edges.
Object Condition
The old hinges broken and replaced by a long strip of gilt metal on each side.
Centre finial chipped.
Comments
Crosshatched underside.
Provenance
Collection of Mrs Powys: her sale, Bath, 1942; collection of John Francis Mallett; his bequest to the Museum in 1947; Department of Western Art (WA1947.191.205); transferred to the Department of Antiquities in May 2008.
Bibliography
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, no. 172.
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