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| Keywords: French - Mirror Cover with Hawking Scene - Walters 71275 - Back.jpg On the back of this mirror cover a couple on horseback are shown hawking; this was a pastime suitable for noble young lovers as they could be together away from the castle or manor house for their amorous pursuits The scene is surrounded by a six-lobed frame set within a circle and four crouched dragons ca 1325 1350 Medieval ivory cm 12 12 1 1 accession number 71 275 14936 Walter Sneyd Staffordshire until 1888 Walter Sneyd Sale London July 7 1902 no 23 Jaques Seligmann Paris Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Medieval Games of Love and War The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license French carved ivory mirror cases in the Walters Art Museum 14th-century carved ivory mirror cases Falconry in medieval art Mirror Cover with Hawking Scene Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
