Mirror Cover with Hawking Scene

ca. 1325-1350 (Medieval)

12.1 cm 12.1 cm 1 cm

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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 circ...

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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, 1931, by bequest.
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