Ebbw Vale Angel Lectern

A unique piece of Victorian English ecclesiastical history

A special made to order item from Jones and Willis Ltd of Birmingham

Dedicated June 26th 1909

168cm high x 61cm wide

Further details in our Lectern section

£10,000 + VAT

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Michael Saint Archangel Statue

Statue of St Michael, Archangel
weighing the souls.
Not for sale, available for hire only.
Saved from a builder's fire in
Birmingham in 1995. Believed
to be carved by Italian
Prisoners of War during the
1940s.

Puriton Reredos Panel

Spectacular outsize gold and canvas reredos panel

E S Nevinson is the artist who copied the painting Pieta by the artist Francesco Raibolini known as Francia.  The original Pieta is in the National Gallery.  The Pieta shows the Virgin holding the body of Christ in her lap.  His head is held by an angel while another looks at the wounds in his feet.  It formed the lunette for the altar piece 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Other Saints' formerly in the Chapel of St Anne in S Frediano, Lucca.  The other two saints shown on the reredos are St Lawrence on the left and St Benedict on the right

Dimensions:

241cm high x 315cm long x 37cm deep

Reasonable condition, losses and damage to main painting, woodwork in good condition

Overall this is an extremely impressive item

£4600 + VAT

St Augustine Baptising King Aethelberht / Ethelbert Carved Stone

Scene depicts St Augustine baptizing King Aethelberht of Kent in 597

King Aethelberht was the first English king to convert to Christianity

This carved feature came from St Augustine Priory in Abbotskerswell,

home to a group of English nuns driven out of Belgium during the French Revolution

(see photo below)

Good condition, slightly weathered having been outside, possibly limestone

77cm w x 60cm h x 16cm d

£995 + VAT

Reserved Ricky

Close up of
statue of
St Michael
Archangel
for hire only

Staffordshire Group Figure Samson Slaying The Lion Circa 1860 (E)

A beautifully painted piece of Staffordshire, depicting Samson wrestling with the Lion.

Circa 1860.

There are a few minor repairs - the lion's front paw, Samson's right hand, Samson's orange drape (this also has a couple of hairline cracks).

The lion's teeth do not look as sharp as they probably were originally. The lion's tongue is also a little short, so the end possibly chipped off!

There is also a small chip to the bottom base at the back.

The figure group illustrates the biblical story taken from the Old Testament (Judges 13:1-14:7) of SAMSON demonstrating his enormous strength killing a lion.

Approximate size is:

Maximum height 10.5" / 26.5cm

Maximum width 9.25" / 23.5cm

Maximum depth 4" / 10cm.

£195 plus VAT.

Stone Relief Carving Dated 8th Century*

Reputed to be King Ethelred and The Devil

£1650 + VAT