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Ivory Collection

The ivory collection of the Bagatti Valsecchi brothers, although gathering heterogeneous objects in terms of chronology, origin and function, includes a compact nucleus of artefacts referable to the Embriachi, a workshop that dominated the production of bone and ivory objects in Italy between the 14th and 15th centuries. Fausto and Giuseppe's intention was above all to create an antiquarian collection that was also a tool for reconstructing the environment.

Private devotional object

Bottega degli Embriachi

first quarter of the 16th century

wood, ivory

15 × 12 cm

inv. 795

Ivory Pyx

Manifattura della Germania meridionale

late 16th century

ivory

15 × 8 cm

inv. 809

Spiral candlestick

Manifattura di Norimberga

17th century

turned ivory

45 × 9.5 cm

inv. 692

Cypress wood box

second half of the 12th century

faced with ivory plaques

40 × 9 × 9 cm

inv. 705

Little coffer

Bottega a figure inchiodate

third quarter of the 14th century

wood, decorated with ivory plaques

15 × 19 × 12 cm

inv. 745

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