Three panels from a casket with romance scenes

On display

Details

  • Title

    Three panels from a casket with romance scenes

  • Associated place

    France (place of creation)
  • Date

    1300 - 1350
  • Material and technique

    elephant ivory

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    ref 159.1 5.4 x 22.7 x 0.58 cm (height x width x depth)
    ref 159.2 5 x 8.5 x 0.58 cm (height x width x depth)
    ref 159.3 4.96 x 8.61 x 0.56 cm (height x width x depth)
  • No. of items

    3

  • Credit line

    Bequeathed by Sir Francis Mallett, 1947.

  • Museum location

    Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600
  • Museum department

    Antiquities

  • Accession no.

    AN2008.27

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Further reading

Standley, E.R., Trinkets and Charms, The Use, Meaning and Siginifance of Dress Accessories 1300-1700 (Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology, 2013), P.42, fig. 3.18

Warren, Jeremy, Vol 2 Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum Publications, 2014), 162, p.560, illus. p.561

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