niello plate; frame

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Object Type: niello plate; frame
Museum number: 1845,0825.8
Description: The Virgin and Child enthroned with angels and Saints; within enamelled frame; part of the exposed surface of the silver plate is gilt Engraved silver plate with inlaid niello
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1450-1475 (c.)
Production place: Made in: Florence (province)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 205 millimetres (frame); Height: 95 millimetres; Width: 182 millimetres; Width: 62 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1987 Feb 5 - May 25, BM, 'An A-Z of P&D'
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St Catherine of Alexandria
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Giuseppe Storck; Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (sale Sotheby, London, 5.vi.1824/1244 ('It is considered to be a genuine work of MASO FINIGUERRA; and is enclosed in a frame of massy silver, richly and tastefully decorated with chiselled work and enamel. Upon the pedestals of two columns, one on either side, we find the letters, G.R. which we may conclude to have been the initials of the person by whose orders the work was executed') £315-0-0 to Woodburn); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn; Previous owner/ex-collection: William Coningham
Acquisition date: 1845
Acquisition notes: Laura Aldovini (see her essay in the 'Carteggio' of Luigi Malaspina (Pavia 2014), pp.20-21) has discovered that this famous pax was on offer by Storck in 1816 at the enormous price of 1000 zecchini. The price it fetched in the 1824 Sykes sale was no less enormous.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1845,0825.8
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