Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory)

Attack on the Castle of Love; God of Love throwing arrows at lovers; God of Love with a hawk on his wrist; youth asleep; lady crowning her lover with a chaplet; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a dog; courting couples (meeting of lovers); youth chucking his lover under the chin; couple embracing; man climbing a ladder; jousting knights in armour; knights on horseback; couples watching from the castle battlements; portcullis; towers; shields; trees. Corner terminals: four crouching monsters. Traces of polychromy and gilding: red (rim) and gold (crouching monsters). Reverse Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. The reverse was once described as having a 'seal with the shield of France under a crown between two angels protected by a hinged ivory cover' (Museum object files, no date). Currently on the reverse is a dark green waxy material which forms a near continuous circle around the inner and would have originally covered the whole surface. The adhesive used to adhere the dark green waxy material can be seen in isolated patched on the ivory surface. A later ivory lid has been fitted on the back to cover the recess.