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| Keywords: French - Mirror Case with Lovers - Walters 7197.jpg A young gentleman wearing a sword and a lady with a pet squirrel meet in the woods indicated by trees in the background The scene is set within a frame of nine lobes whose spandrels are filled with bearded masks Two of the four crouching-monster corner terminals have been damaged by burial There are losses on the back as well and a new hole is drilled at the top The lobed frame is usually considered a sign of a date after the mid-century but the figure style suggests that this may be an early use of the mask frame middle Other date century 14 Medieval ivory cm 9 5 9 5 0 5 accession number 71 97 6554 Said to have been disinterred by an artillery shell in northern France between 1914 and 1918 Henri Daguerre Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license French carved ivory mirror cases in the Walters Art Museum 14th-century carved ivory mirror cases Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
