Post Medieval Glass Cameo Portrait

Rectangular framed souflet reveal with inset stained glass depicting St. Nicholas standing wearing episcopal robes and mitre and holding a golden crozier beside a tub with three nude male infants; with integral backlight and 12V DC transformer and three-pin plug. 33.5 kg total, 100.5 x 80.5 cm including frame



Ex Neil Phillips Stained Glass Ltd, 2018. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12550-230648. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

The scene depicts St. Nicholas and the three children whom he saved from death. Tradition has it that three boys were playing in a field during the harvest. They wandered into the city and were soon lost, so they stopped at a butcher's premises to ask for food and a place to sleep. The butcher murdered them and kept their remains salted in a barrel. Some time later, Saint Nicholas visited the premises and commanded the butcher to open the large salting tub where the bodies still lay. Saint Nicholas said “Rise up, children!” and thus he miraculously resurrected the boys.

Tripod wine vessel with rounded body and three tapering legs, broad lip to the neck, two domed studs to the rim, band of low relief ornament and single lateral strap handle. 3.3 kg, 37.2 cm



From a London, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With wings partly spread, sockets to the underside of the feet. 131 grams, 88 mm



Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.