2-721-188 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The St Nicholas Crozier, mid 12th century, (1881). Etching of the carved ivory head of a pastoral staff, an important Romanesque piece made c1150-1170 in England, or possibly in France, and showing scenes relating to Christ and St Nicholas. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]