Very Fine Pair of Ivory Plaques Attributed to Norbert Schrodl (1860)

Item 1635

Location of Origin: England

Medium/Materials: Ivory, gilt brass

Dimensions: Size: 14.5cm high, 12cm wide, 3cm deep – 5¾ ins high, 4¾ ins wide, 1¼ ins deep

Primary Classification: Fine Art : Sculpture : Ivory

Expertise: Norbert Schrodl (1816-1890) - Austrian ivory-carver Norbert Schrödl worked in a number of centres including Dresden, Warsaw, Frankfurt and St Petersburg. He is best known for small portrait plaques, of which he made over a hundred.

During 1854 and 1855 he was in Paris, where he is known to have made a standing cup for the Emperor and another for the Empress (which she presented as a gift). On leaving Paris, Schrödl worked briefly in Britain where he undertook several commissions for the Duke of Hamilton, including a cup with a relief of Horses in the Steppes. The Duke’s wife, Princess Marie of Baden, became a Roman Catholic in 1855 and an ivory crucifixion group was also commissioned from Schrödl. As the daughter of Stephanie de Beauharnais, in turn the adopted daughter of Napoleon I, the Duchess was related to the French Emperor; her employment of Schrödl was probably on the recommendation of the Empress.

Provenance: Private European collection

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