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mirror-case
Object Type
mirror-case
Museum number
1856,0623.112
Description
Mirror-case; ivory; carved; circular; both halves; one half: Thisbe stabs herself by the body of Pyramus and a fountain; other half: Lucretia, with her attendant, stabs herself before Tarquin(?) and a knight holding spear; the borders of both scenes are vine scrolls; both scenes have cross-hatched background.
Production date
16thC(early)
Production place
Made in:
France
Materials
ivory
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Diameter:
113 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(492)
Location
On display
(G46/dc5)
Subjects
knight
attendant
plant
Associated names
Representation of:
Thisbe
Representation of:
Pyramus
Representation of:
Lucretia
Representation of:
Tarquinius Sextus
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev William Maskell
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1856,0623.112
Conservation
Treatment
: 25 Feb 1994
Treatment
: 17 Sep 2014