Mirror back
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1300 - 1400
Materials
ivory
Measurements
73 x 72 x 7 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 808389
Summary
A carved ivory mirror back, French, 14th Century, depicting two lovers in a garden with stylised animal carved corners, in a worn red velvet frame, damaged, parts missing.
Provenance
Henry Oppenheimer (1859 - 1932); his collection sold Christie's 10-15 July (Old Master Drawings) & 22-23 (Lugt 1351) 1936; Ralph Wood (1871 - 1945); collection of Mrs M. E. Ruffer (Flint Cottage, Box Hill) by whom bequeathed to the National Trust in 1959