Handle of a hair parter (gravoir) in the form of an embracing couple, made into a finial for a casket in the 19th century

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Maker

(carver)

Title

Handle of a hair parter (gravoir) in the form of an embracing couple, made into a finial for a casket in the 19th century

Date of Production

c. 1350

Dimensions

Height: 89 mm
Width: 15 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Object Number

O.1966.GP.27.1

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

Like the scenes on small ivory caskets of this period, this pair of figures
derive from medieval romance literature. They seem to present a moment
of declaration in which a man offers his heart to a woman.

Provenance

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