15929994420001312637261000Standard Recordobject-31717170292705242517029083950001702926927526fitz-onlineadlib-object-31717https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/3171782e0b0e6-0993-3b53-8795-f203deec4b729personreferenceagent-156857adlib-agent-15685748c2447e-8996-3eb8-8412-198af3cf6be7St Agnespersonreferenceagent-154083adlib-agent-1540835976d6f3-cafc-332f-ba68-dbf926f9cb11St Peterpersonreferenceagent-150806adlib-agent-150806a01f65f8-f9ff-3c30-8cab-2c4d93f1e1e5St Paulpersonreferenceagent-149648adlib-agent-149648f742a22d-7fad-3409-b6a7-834d3439f08fSt John the Baptistpersonreferenceagent-156856adlib-agent-156856e08fe5c8-0d7c-3c23-9421-62acf009823fSt Stephenpersonreferenceagent-178769adlib-agent-1787696d2f2295-fed4-3bd3-b0d6-0a961071764dSt Catherine of Alexandriapersonreferenceagent-158496adlib-agent-158496a5cb2eb3-9f24-3ee5-844a-d740ed15bdabMaxentiusreferenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-32638adlib-term-3263897b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2benamelreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverMountsreferenceterm-121144adlib-term-121144b3476a15-2afb-3808-b97e-70c4ade94c8echamplevé enamellingIvoryivory casket with champlevé enamelled silver mountsreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingreferenceterm-107707adlib-term-107707cbae1ed2-5069-35db-a029-700dc23ada11Christian religionApplied ArtsIvory, carved in relief, with contemporary champlevé enamelled silver mounts.
Lid: Under six cusped arches with crocketted gables stand the figures of St Agnes, St Paul, St Peter, St John the Baptist, St Stephen, and St Catherine.
Sides: Carved with scenes from the Martyrdom of St Catherine: her examination before Maxentius, the burning of the philosophers, the torture of the wheel, the beheading of the saint and her soul carried up to heaven.
Mounts: Decorated alternately with panels of red, green and blue with pelican-like birds, salamanders and other fabulous beasts reserved in the metal.
Lock-plate: Decorated with a hare in a field against a dark blue sky.M.13-19451accession numberM.13-194531717priref31717urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31717https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31717referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Leverton Harris Fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's194519451945-11-12boughtEntry date: 1945-11-12137013701370circa13701400114001400circa1400referenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98Unknownreferenceterm-108309adlib-term-1083091b069248-5d50-387a-ac37-89d81349c97e14th Century, Latereferenceterm-10603adlib-term-1060309088083-a78d-3d70-9f4f-343b5c3283d7Medievalreferenceterm-129470adlib-term-1294708353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21literalFranceFrancecountryprobablyParisreferenceterm-40149adlib-term-4014989c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5ivoryDepthcm6.4Heightcm4.4Widthcm9.6referencemedia-206015adlib-media-206015188e8621-25d0-3708-9855-2d5754655806jpegaa/aa37/M_13_1945_1_201301_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels757widthpixels102417029263043571imagejpegaa/aa37/mid_M_13_1945_1_201301_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels370widthpixels50017029263043571imagejpegaa/aa37/M_13_1945_1_201301_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels757widthpixels102417029263043571imagejpegaa/aa37/preview_M_13_1945_1_201301_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels185widthpixels25017029263043571image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110132adlib-term-110132e5daf5d9-0805-387a-8cf9-22f491fa130bcaskethistory noteColl. of the Rev. Theodore Mayo (according to label on base). 1878: Exhibited on loan at South Kensington Museum. 1923: Exhibited at Burlington Fine Arts Club (cat. no. 137) - lent by Sir William Laurance. Sold Sotheby's, 16th November 1945, Catalogue of Fine Continental, English and Chinese Porcelain, French and English Furniture and Works of Art, p. 22, the Property of a Lady, lot 96, illustrated opposite p. 2; sold for £460 to the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. See vol. 1, p. 477. Koechlin says that the survival of enamelled mounts on caskets of this age and kind is very rare today.p. 477referencepublication-5677adlib-publication-567734c9afb4-e70c-31a4-8877-dfc3b68b99d4Les ivoires gothiques françaisreferenceterm-113754adlib-term-113754c4f07db0-f41d-3ed0-9940-b7edd83ca62eGothicobject namereferenceterm-43224adlib-term-43224319e6393-9bd7-39d4-931f-69983386b109wheelanimalreferenceterm-106970adlib-term-106970ffef75c8-bb55-3855-8bf5-fe4c8f75633fpelicananimalreferenceterm-85215adlib-term-85215bb804f50-daad-3548-9ab6-12aee5fe4c5csalamanderanimalreferenceterm-11881adlib-term-11881bf4eb91f-5413-32d7-a90b-e9ae46617a34hareanimalreferenceterm-108971adlib-term-108971366daafb-d567-3cf1-bc8f-f86c51af778efantastic creaturesliteralwheelwheelliteralpelicanpelicanliteralsalamandersalamanderliteralharehareliteralfantastic creaturesfantastic creaturesreferenceterm-110132adlib-term-110132e5daf5d9-0805-387a-8cf9-22f491fa130bcasketcasketobject
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