A 17thC Italian Framed Altar Devotional Fragment sub-Macabre- Medicine 1650-1700 & c

1650-1700 & c

Width: 9 inches

The ‘Ruskin Jewel’ is a small blue oval cabochon that was made at the Ruskin Pottery (set up by John Ruskin in 1898) around the turn of the last century

277 tuns were imported

in sublime untouched condition

A 17thC Italian Framed Altar Devotional Fragment sub-Macabre- Medicine 1650-1700 & cOrigin: Italian Period: Baroque Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1650 1700 Height: 10. 5 Width: 11 Depth: 1. 5 (all in frame) Dating from the Baroque period the mid to late seventeenth century chapel dedication or devotional fragment in a near period scarlet painted pine and gesso moulded frame with a hand painted calligraphy parchment paper panel with seven lines of script and a circular armorial to the top, remaining in beautiful un meddled with