Medieval Multiplied: fictile ivories wall display
This webpage accompanies the exhibition, Medieval Multiplied: A Gothic Ivory and its Reproductions, held at The Courtauld Gallery from 19 October 2024 till 16 February 2025.
On this page you will find information about a display of fictile ivories inspired by the photographs by Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911) in Frederick Maynard’s Descriptive notice of the drawings and publications of the Arundel Society, London, 1869.
Explore the wall display
Top Row
Courtauld no. 246. Ivory diptych leaf, French, 1300-1400. In the collection of John Lentaigne (Dublin, Ireland) in the 1850s, now in the National Museum of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland), inv. 1888: 105.
Courtauld no. 239. Ivory diptych leaf, German, 1374-1425. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.71.
Courtauld no. 226. Ivory diptych leaf, French, 1300-1400. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall) bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.69.
Courtauld no. 232. Ivory diptych leaf, French, c. 1300. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.67.
A. Not in the Courtauld collection. Ivory diptych, c. 1300. In the collection of Prince Petr Soltykoff (Paris, France) in the 1850s, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, inv. 148.1866/7.
Courtauld no. 228. Ivory diptych leaf, French, 1350-1375. In the collection of John Gough Nichols (Holmwood Park, Surrey) in the 1850s, now in the Louvre Museum (Paris, France), inv. OAR 105.
Second Row
Courtauld no. 243. Ivory panel, French, c. 1300. In the collection of Count Charles de l’Escalopier (Amiens, France) in the 1850s, now in the Bibliothèque municipale (Amiens, France), inv. Obj. Lesc. 7.
Courtauld no. 258a&b. Ivory diptych, French, c. 1280-1300. Already in the collection of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) in the 1850s, inv. MRR 423 (N. 1044).
B. Not in the Courtauld collection. Ivory diptych leaf, French, c. 1300. In the collection of the Bibliothèque Impériale (Paris, France) in the 1850s, now in the Musée du Cluny (Paris, France), inv. CI. 21115.
Courtauld no. 257a&b. Ivory diptych, English, 1330-1340. In the collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot (Paris, France) who in 1856 gave it to the Louvre Museum (Paris, France), inv. OA 105.
Third Row
Courtauld no. 230. Ivory diptych leaf, French or Rhenish, 1300-1400. In an unknown collection in the 1850s. Sold at auction in 2023, location now unknown.
Courtauld no. 254. Ivory diptych, French, 1300-1400. In the collection of Alexander Beresford Hope (Bedgebury Park, Kent?) in the 1850s, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA), inv. 32.100.200.
Courtauld no. 296. Ivory triptych leaf, French or Netherlandish, 1300-1400. In the collection of Felix Slade (Walcot Place, London), given in 1856 to the British Museum, inv. 1856,0509.4.
C.Not in the Courtauld collection.
D. Not in the Courtauld collection. Ivory diptych leaf, French, 1300-1400. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.36.
Courtauld no. 240. Ivory diptych leaf, French, 1375-1400. In the collection of John Webb (Tretire, Herefordshire), donated in 1856 to the British Museum, inv. 1856,0509.3.
Courtauld no. 237c. Ivory diptych leaf. French or Flemish, 1400-1500. In the collection of Alexander Beresford Hope (Bedgebury Park, Kent?) in the 1850s, now in the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, USA), inv. 71.195.
Fourth Row
E. Not in the Courtauld collection. Ivory mirror back, French, c. 1310-20. Already in the collection of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) in the 1850s, inv. MRR 197B.
Courtauld no. 278. Ivory mirror back, French, c. 1310-20. Already in the collection of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) in the 1850s, inv. MRR 197A.
Courtauld no. 265. Ivory mirror back, French, 1320-1340. Inherited by Ference Pulszky in 1851, sold to Joseph Mayer (Liverpool) in 1855, now in the collection of Liverpool World Museum, inv. M8010.
Courtauld no. 275. Ivory mirror back, French, 1325-1350. Owned by Clifton Loscombe (Pickwick House, Wiltshire), bought in 1855 by the Museum of Ornamental Art (now the Victoria & Albert Museum), inv. 1617-1855.
Fifht Row
Courtauld no. 274. Ivory mirror back, French, 1325-1375. In the collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot (Paris, France) who gave it in 1856 to the Louvre Museum, inv. OA 117.
Courtauld no. 271. Ivory mirror back, French, 1325-1350. In the collection of Rev. Walter Sneyd (Keele Hall, Staffordshire) in the 1850s, now in the Walters Art Museum, inv. 71.275.
Courtauld no. 279. Ivory mirror back, French, 1300-1400. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.102.
Courtauld no. 313. Ivory mirror back, French, c. 1400. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.106.
Sixth Row
Courtauld no. 290a&b. Panels from an ivory box, French?, 1300-1350. In the collection of Rev. Walter Sneyd (Keele Hall, Staffordshire) in the 1850s, location now unknown.
F. Not in the Courtauld collection. Panel from an ivory box, French?, 1300-1350. In the collection of Rev. Walter Sneyd (Keele Hall, Staffordshire) in the 1850s, location now unknown.
Courtauld no. 288. Lid of an ivory box, French, 1300-1400. Already in the Châteaux-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France) in the 1850s, inv. 408.
Courtauld no. 252. Ivory diptych, French, c. 1300. In the collection of John Webb (Tretire, Herefordshire), donated in 1856 to the British Museum, inv. 1856,0509.2.
Courtauld no. 255. Ivory writing tablet, French, 1350-1375. In the collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot (Paris, France) who in 1856 gave it to the Louvre Museum (Paris, France), inv. OA 112.
