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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Germany (made)

This handle for a stick was made in about 1850 in Germany. It is made of ivory with a wood dowel, the ivory carved with three knights offering the crown to a prince. Longhurst formerly catalogued the piece as seventeenth or eighteenth century, but its style suggests it is probably a later pastiche.

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Categories	Sculpture Accessories Fakes & Forgeries
Object type	Handle
Materials and techniques	Ivory with wood Ivory Wood
Brief description	Handle for stick, ivory and wood, a historical scene with knights, German, ca. 1850
Physical description	A kneeling knight wearing a winged helmet offers a crown on a cushion to a prince seated on the branch of a tree in a wood. Two other knights stand nearby, with a large shield; a caged parrot and an owl are also shown. Representing three knights offering the crown to a pince, who sits in a wooded landscape, an owl and a parrot beside him.
Dimensions	Length: 8.3cm
Object history	Given by Mrs Ellen Hearn, Villa St Louis, Menton in 1923; this and other objects presented at the same time were labelled as the Alfred Williams Hearn gift. Longhurst formerly catalogued the piece as seventeenth or eighteenth century, but its style suggests it is probably a later pastiche.
Subjects depicted	Knights Prince Owl Parrot Crown Cushion
Summary	This handle for a stick was made in about 1850 in Germany. It is made of ivory with a wood dowel, the ivory carved with three knights offering the crown to a prince. Longhurst formerly catalogued the piece as seventeenth or eighteenth century, but its style suggests it is probably a later pastiche.
Bibliographic references	Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 95 Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013 p. 439 Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, p. 439, cat. no. 475
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.64-1923

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O310946/handle-unknown/

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