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| Keywords: French - Crozier with the Virgin and Child, and the Crucifixion - Walters 71231 - Side B.jpg Croziers or staffs of office in the form of shepherds' crooks were carried by both bishops and abbots Carved on one face of the crozier are the Virgin and St John flanking the Crucified Christ; on the other the Virgin holds the Christ child between two candle-bearing angels The fine carving of the figures is complemented by such details as the delicate vine leaves around the edges of the scenes A few ivory croziers are known from this period but the majority were made of pieces of rock crystal and enameled and gilded copper between 1350 1360 Medieval ivory cm 13 5 11 6 2 6 accession number 71 231 7509 John Edward Taylor London date and mode of acquisition unknown John Edward Taylor Sale London July 1 1912 no 82 Seligmann Brothers New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Treasures from Medieval France The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 1966-1967 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 Images in Ivory Precious Objects of the Gothic Age The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1997 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 Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Ivory croziers Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vine leaves in art Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
