Medieval Multiplied: fictile ivories wall display
This webpage accompanies the exhibition,ÌýMedieval Multiplied: A Gothic Ivory and its Reproductions, held at 91Ó°ÊÓ 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’sÌý, London, 1869.
Explore the wall display
Top Row
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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 91Ó°ÊÓ collection. , 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
. 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.
. 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 91Ó°ÊÓ collection. , 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.
. 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. ÌýOA 105.
Third Row
. Ivory diptych leaf, French or Rhenish, 1300-1400. In an unknown collection in the 1850s. Sold at auction in 2023, location now unknown.
. 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.
. 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 91Ó°ÊÓ collection.
D. Not in 91Ó°ÊÓ collection., French, 1300-1400. In the collection of William Maskell (Bude, Cornwall), bought in 1856 by the British Museum, inv. 1856,0623.36.
. 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.
. 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 91Ó°ÊÓ collection. , French, c. 1310-20. Already in the collection of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) in the 1850s, inv. MRR 197B.
. Ivory mirror back, French, c. 1310-20. Already in the collection of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) in the 1850s, inv. MRR 197A.
. 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.
. 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
. 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.
. 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.
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.
. 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
. 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 91Ó°ÊÓ collection. , French?, 1300-1350. In the collection of Rev. Walter Sneyd (Keele Hall, Staffordshire) in the 1850s, location now unknown.
. 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.
. Ivory diptych, French, c. 1300. In the collection of John Webb (Tretire, Herefordshire), donated in 1856 to the British Museum, inv. 1856,0509.2.
. 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.Ìý OA 112.
