Tudor Bronze Artefact Group

Rectangular with steeped frame an suspension loop; high-relief image of robed and cowled saint with crucifix, hound at his feet. 137 grams, 11.3 cm



From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Comprising: a canvas copy of an important ancestral oil painting by Cornelius Jansen dated to 1637 depicting an aged female in facing pose standing within an arch with border of leaves; dark floor-length dress with ruff collar and lace cap; holding a wilted tulip in her left hand, a staff and rosary placed by her right hand; to her right, a sapling and nest with a robin, second robin standing at the base of the arch with legend 'AN.1637 / [.]LTA 73'; above right, gilt caption in capitals 'Elizabeth Lady Howard, wife to Lord William Howard, daughter and coheiress of William, Lord Dacre'; in old wooden frame with stepped reveal; old 'Philips Corby Castle' label to verso. 8.30 kg, 165 x 90.5 cm



Ex Corby Castle, Cumbria, UK, Philips sale, no.251. Property of an East Anglian gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building and ancestral home of a cadet branch of the prominent Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England.

Rectangular block with impressed seriffed letters to obverse; some letters displaced, J' and 'V' absent. 44 grams, 60 mm



Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.