Letter from Joseph Hawker
Reference code
SAL/01/02/08/07
Title
Letter from Joseph Hawker
Date
1808
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Letter from Joseph Hawker exhibiting two carved ancient ivory sculptures, believed to have decorated a casket at one point. He states they were purchased 50 years earlier in Chester. The larger shows a scene of 8 segments involving a young woman, a young man, a hooded figure and a woman wearing a coronet and the outfits are dated as early 14th Century. The smaller features two panels; one depicting the coronation of the Virgin Mary and second the murder of Thomas a Beckett.
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th March 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.063
The second ivory could be this one now in the V&A collections which matches the description: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106753/panel-unknown/
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th March 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.063
The second ivory could be this one now in the V&A collections which matches the description: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106753/panel-unknown/