Catalogue Of A Valuable Collection Of Objects Of Art Chiefly Of The 16th 17th 18th Centuries Italian Renaissance And Antique Sculpture Oriental Porcelain Objects Of Art Decorative Objects Furniture Snuff Boxes Watches

Author : Christie Manson And Woods
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483444836
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Choice Collection of Objects of Art, Chiefly of the 16th Century written by Christie Manson And Woods and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Choice Collection of Objects of Art, Chiefly of the 16th Century: Silver, Porcelain and Decorative Furniture, of the Late T. M. Whitehead, Esq. AN early silver-gilt cover for A chalioe, of dome form, encircled midway by a band of chased open Gothic foliage, chased rim, and With four applique open trefoil ornaments on the top, sur mounted by a group of the Virgin, in royal robes and crown, bearing the infant Saviour with orb 7 in. High, in. Diam probably Spanish, 16th century 13 1244 A silver-gilt two-pronged fork, on the top a seated 1 winged figure (a female griffin). The body of the stem is l/ 262 /0/ square, the front ornamented with scrolls, drum and helmet in niello, the back with festoons of flowers and vases, in the same. 1, M The sides are elaborately interlaced with delicate work in silver-gilt beneath a four-sided pedestal largest at the top, with an ornamentation on each side in relief. The square base has a shield-of-arms and cherub's head set in scrolls in high relief, from which proceed the two prongs which fit into a bowl forming a spoon. At the back of this bowl is a three-quarter length nude figure in full relief, which ter minates in a scroll ornamentation, under whose arms the prongs of the fork pass, connecting the two; a scroll proceeds from the hands of the figure, with a Satyr's mask in profile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.