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LOT 2115
Greek Icon with the Presentation and Annunciation
LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 x 4 in. (284 grams, 12.2 x 10 cm).
A pair of wooden icons with tempera painted scenes of the Presentation and Annunciation, each with Greek text above, set into a later diptych case displaying pontillé figure of Saint George spearing the dragon, together with tremello cross and lettering; hinged with chain and fastening hook.
ProvenanceThe Kusmirek Collection, UK.
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LOT 2115
Greek Icon with the Presentation and Annunciation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Displaying various designs in blue and white glaze, including insects visiting flowers and floral displays in various styles, including some single plants. 5.3 kg total, 12 x 12.5 - 13 x 13 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Post Medieval Opus Anglicanum Embroidery
England, 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Preserved as the binding for a 'book of common prayers, and administration of the sacraments', in an embroidered stumpwork binding, the front cover showing Saint Anne, Mary and the Child, the back cover with a large floral design; the folio text with some handwritten amendations, title page printed in red and black. 2.75 kg, 38.7 cm
Emil Offenbacher and Cornelius J. Hauck, with his ex libris beneath an elaborate hand-coloured early armorial bookplate. Ex Cultured Oyster Books, 2007. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by a previous catalogue page, listed as no.10.
Stumpwork is sometimes called 'raised work' and is an embroidery style in which the stitched figures are raised from the surface creating a three-dimensional effect. Historically, this type of embroidery, here probably made for an ecclesiastical vestment, was employed to decorated a variety of secular household artefacts and reached its greatest popularity by the second half of the 17th century A.D. Embroidered folio bindings are fairly uncommon.
