An Early Monastic Medieval Limestone Column; c.1400 & Later

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An Early Monastic Medieval Limestone Column; c.1400 & LaterOrigin: English Period: Principally Late Medieval Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1400 & 20thC Height: 45 The Base: 11. 5 The limestone plinth column, of monastic origins, beautifully weathered with age, on a twentieth century octagonal composition stone base and sphere top, surviving principally from the late medieval period. The plinth has sub millimetre flaking to the stone as photographed; with salt damage to the magnesian limestone. The later sphere

backgrounds to each composition and this particular example is certainly at the height of whimsy

Base Width: 18 inches

ornately painted and interesting dial that proves to be a work of art in itself

in Jane Munro

the base 6” square

The ebonised frame and carved legs are in good strong and sturdy order with little movement

The mid 17th Century devotional fragment painted in oils on card with a gold ground

He was in a class of his own

Although we have no known provenance of this particular throne it is of very high quality and would have been extremely expensive to make at the time so obviously originally belonged to someone of relatively high status and wealth

Provenance: Formally the property of a City Gentleman

it is used to describe the Islamic influence on art and architecture found in North Africa

powder white

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