Limestone Virgin & Child Carving c.1640-1660

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Limestone Virgin & Child Carving c.1640-1660A sublime intricate carving of the Virgin & Child c. 1640 1660. Carved from limestone with remnants of original polychrome. Mary is depicted swathed in a headscarf and cloak, deep drapes and folds of the gathered flowing robe falling to her feet. The infant with his mass of curly hair and energetically portrayed baroque limbs, grasps Marys scarf and his loin is entangled in the cloth. Mary has engaging eyes, both having wonderful realistic features

Based on Baroque and Rococo style fountains seen in Italian gardens

The English glazed stoneware was retailed by Liberty London and used on major architectural projects around the United Kingdom

Silver-stain that developed in the early part of the 14th century

A rare and exquisitely carved fragment of a Baroque Solomonic Column

Victorian Giant Clam Shell

Earlier works like these bear the makers stamp of ‘Mandeville-Combeleran’ (1880-1905)

The original Florentine sculpture was created by Jacopo Sansovino in 1570

curling beard that lends gravitas to his expression

He is often regarded as the tamer or father of horses

Late 17th/Early 18th Century

We look upon a small diary bowl which speaks of the inner self

and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven” (Matthew 16:19)