Coronation of the Virgin; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; Christ holding an orb in his left hand; angels holding a large cloth of honour; crown.
Longhurst 1929: France or possibly England, end of the 14th century or beginning of the 15th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris?), about 1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Mother-of-pearl frame.
Object Condition
Faces of the angels and edges chipped. Green copper staining around the edges.
The crystal is chipped at the centre of the lower edge. Gilding has been rubbed away on the underside of the case.
Missing: pin used to fasten the locking mechanism.
Provenance
Acquired by the museum in London at Christie, Manson & Woods Sale, 20 February 1923, lot 81.
Bibliography
Victoria and Albert Museum, Review of the Principal Acquisitions during the years 1911-1938, (London, 1923), p. 3, fig. 3.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 323, note 1.
M. Longhurst, English Ivories (London, 1926), no.XLVI, pp. 53, 108, pl.40.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 38, pl. XXXI.
T. Hodgkinson, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Sculpture, (London and Fribourg,1970), p. 164.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 156.
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