Head of Crosier
last third of 12th century
Object PlaceFrance/England
Medium/TechniqueGilded copper (99.2% copper, .8% lead), glass
Dimensions12.4 x 8.1 cm (4 7/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Credit Line1941 Museum Fund
Accession number47.1437
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance19th century, probably the abbey church of St-Pierre, Airvault, France. By 1880, M. Gaillard de la Dionnerie, Poitiers [see note 1]; November 30 - December 2, 1903, Gaillard de la Dionnerie sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 132. December 14, 1911, anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 44, to Henri Leman for 3,260 fr [see note 2]. 1924, Alexandre Léonce Rosenberg (b. 1877 - d. 1947), Paris; June 12-13, 1924, Rosenberg sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 9. Julien Chappée (b. 1862 - d. 1957), Le Mans [see note 3]. 1936, Raphael Stora, Paris; July 1, 1936, sold by Stora to the Brummer Gallery New York (stock no. P13018); 1947, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $5000. (Accession Date: November 13, 1947)
NOTES:
[1] This was first mentioned in the Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest 1880/1882 and 1883/1884 as probably coming from they abbey at Airvault. At that time it belonged to M. Gaillard de la Dionnerie. [2] At the time of the 1911 and 1924 auctions, the crosier head had been extended with the addition of an engraved knop. This was removed by the time Joseph Brummer owned it. [3] According to the Brummer inventory card.
NOTES:
[1] This was first mentioned in the Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest 1880/1882 and 1883/1884 as probably coming from they abbey at Airvault. At that time it belonged to M. Gaillard de la Dionnerie. [2] At the time of the 1911 and 1924 auctions, the crosier head had been extended with the addition of an engraved knop. This was removed by the time Joseph Brummer owned it. [3] According to the Brummer inventory card.
mid-15th century
late 13th–14th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
about 1200
about 1500 or 17th century
about 1475
mid-14th century
late 13th–14th century
first half of 6th century
late 15th century (?)
late 15th–early 16th century
