A description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington museum (1872)
South Kensington Museum, Maskell, William, 1814?-1890 · London, Chapman & Hall · leaf 73
Ixi Preface. difficult to understand why scenes from the old story of the fountain of Youth should have been a favourite subject.^® … Combs of ivory and bone are frequently found in tombs of the Roman and Anglo-saxon period in England ; and before that time in British graves. They are often tinged and coloured green, from lying in contact with metal objects. A very curious one, in the shape of a hand, was mixed with the remains…
South Kensington Museum · Ivories · Art objects
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