Medieval Multiplied: fictile ivories case display
These objects range in date from the 6th to the 15th century. Where they are not recorded on the Gothic Ivories Project, links to digital collections have been given where possible, or the next best online resource, where available.
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First Shelf
Courtauld no. 101. Ivory and metalwork book cover, German, c. 1015. Already in the collection of the Hildesheim cathedral museum in the 1850s, inv. DS 18.
Courtauld no. 339. Ivory bucket, Italian, 974-979. Already in the Treasury of Milan cathedral in the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 35a. Ivory diptych leaf, Constantinople, 500-50. In the Brandenburgisch-Preußische Kunstkammer in Berlin in the 1850s, now in the Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin, Ident nr. 564.
Courtauld no. 104. Walrus ivory chess piece, German?, 1100-1200. In the collection of H. Paret in the 1850s, location now unknown.
Courtauld no. 105. Walrus ivory chess piece. English, c. 1120-1140. In the collection of Louis Carrand, Florence, in the 1850s, now in the Bargello Museum, Florence, inv. 50 Carrand.
Courtauld no. 106. Walrus ivory chess piece, German, 1100-1200. In the collection of the Fürst von Sigmarin Hohenzollern in the 1850s, now in the Museum für Angewandtekunst in Frankfurt, Germany.
Courtauld no. 107. Walrus ivory chess piece, English, c. 1140-1160. In the collection of John Dixon, Leeds, in the 1850s, now in the V&A, London, inv. A.40-2000.
Courtauld no. 108. Walrus ivory chess piece, Scandinavian, c. 1126-1175. In the collection of William Maskell, London, in the 1850s, now in the British Museum, London, inv. 1856, 0623.137.
Courtauld no. 110. Walrus ivory chess piece, Southern Italy, c. 1100. In the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin, in the 1850s, now in the Bode Museum, Berlin, inv. 615, Vöge nr. 70.
Courtauld no. 113. Ivory plaque of the Virgin and Child, Paris, c. 1350-1450. In the collection of W. Micheli , Paris, in the 1850s, location now unknown.
Courtauld no. 214a. Ivory relief, German, c. 1370s. Acquired by the Louvre, Paris, in 1852, inv. ML 131.
Courtauld no. 214b. Ivory relief, German, c. 1370-1380. Acquired by the Louvre, Paris, in 1852, inv. ML 132.
Courtauld no. 299. Embriachi triptych, north Italian, 1400-1425. In the collection of James Dennistoun in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1850s, now in the V&A, London, inv. 933-1856.
Second Shelf
Courtauld no. 109. Walrus ivory chess piece, German, 1425-1450. Already in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg by 1856, inv. Pl.O.365.
Courtauld no. 344. Ivory pyxis, West German, 1100-1130. In the collection of Martin Joseph von Reider, Bamberg, in the 1850s, now in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, Germany, inv. MA 163.
Courtauld no. 349. Ivory casket, French or German, 1300-1350. Already in the collection of the St Ursula Schatzkammer, Cologne, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 350. Ivory casket, French, 1300-1350. Already in the collection of the St Ursula Schatzkammer, Cologne, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 351. Walrus ivory chess piece, Danish or German, c. 1400. In the Oettingen-Wallerstein collection, Denmark, in the 1850s, now in a private collection, London.
Courtauld no. 352. Walrus ivory chess piece, German, 1300-1400. Transferred in 1857 from the Königliche Vereinigte Sammlungen to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, inv. MA 179.
Courtauld no. 262. Ivory mirror case, French, 1325-1375. Already in the Hessisches Landesmeusem, Darmstadt, Germany, in the 1850s, inv. Pl 36.92.
Courtauld no. 267. Ivory mirror case, French, c. 1300. In the Robert Curzon collection, London, in the 1850s, now in the V&A, inv. 803-1891.
Courtauld no. 269. Ivory mirror case, French, 1300-1330. In the collection of Louis Carrand, Florence, in the 1850s, now in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, inv. 126 C.
Courtauld no. 284. Ivory mirror case, French, 1340-1350. In the collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot, Paris, given to the Louvre Museum, Paris, in 1856, and now on loan to the Musée national du Moyen Âge-Musée de Cluny, Paris, inv. OA 116.
Third Shelf
Courtauld no. 335. Ivory pyxis, Italian(?),400-600. Already in the treasury of Sens cathedral, France, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 334. Ivory pyxis, Constantinople (Istanbul), c. 400. In the Brandenburgisch-Preußische Kunstkammer, Berlin, in the 1850s, now in the Museum für Byzantinische Kunst Berlin, Paris, inv. 563.
Courtauld no. 336. Ivory pyxis, Egyptian, 500-500. Already in the Vatican Museum, Rome, in the 1850s, inv. MV.64633.0.0.
Courtauld no. 213a. Ivory diptych, English, 1310-1320. In the collection of Samuel Meyrick, Herefordshire, by the 1850s, now in the V&A, London, inv. A.545-1910.
Courtauld no. 213b. Ivory diptych, English, 1310-1320. In the collection of Samuel Meyrick, Herefordshire, by the 1850s, now in the V&A, London, inv. A.545-1910.
Courtauld no. 91a. Ivory relief, Byzantine, 500-600. Already in the Domschatzkammer in Aachen, Germany, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 91d. Ivory relief, Byzantine, 500-600. Already in the Domschatzkammer in Aachen, Germany, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 91f. Ivory relief, Byzantine, 500-600. Already in the Domschatzkammer in Aachen, Germany, by the 1850s.
Courtauld no. 340. Ivory oliphant (section), Italian or Egyptian, 1000-1100. In an unknown collection in Berlin in the 1850s, now in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, inv. K. 3106.
Fourth Shelf
Courtauld (no number). Ivory oliphant, Italian, 1085-1100. Already in the Louvre, Paris, in the 1850s, inv. MRR 430. © The Courtauld, London.
Courtauld no. 342. Ivory oliphant, Italian, 1000-1100. In an unknown collection in the 1850s, now in the V&A, London, inv. 8035-1862. © The Courtauld, London.
Bottom Shelf
Courtauld no. 337. Ivory pyxis, Egyptian, 500-600. In the collection of Alexander Nesbitt, London, in the 1850s, now in the British Museum, London, inv. 1879,1220.1.
Courtauld no. 338. Ivory pyxis, German, 800-850. In the collection of Walter Sneyd, Staffordshire, in the 1850s, now in the British Museum, London, inv. 1903,0514.1.
Courtauld no. 341. Ivory casket, Danish, c. 1000. In the collection of Martin Joseph von Reider, Bamberg, in the 1850s, now in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, Germany, inv. MA 286.
Courtauld no. 345. Ivory casket, Italian, 1000-1100. In the Ferdinand Wallraf collection in Cologne, Germany, in the 1850s, now in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, inv. B 22.