Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A SMALL 'ANTIQUARIAN' COLLECTION OF ENGLISH OBJECTS, THE TRACERY 15TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SMALL 'ANTIQUARIAN' COLLECTION OF ENGLISH OBJECTS, THE TRACERY 15TH CENTURY
comprising four carved oak fragments of tracery; a relief carved oak moulded roundel, probably a 'cheese print' with CR cypher and the royal arms, 17th century; a small stained glass heraldic fragment, 18th century, cracked; an English encaustic heraldic tile, 16th century, in pine frame, damaged
length of largest tracery fragment: 25.5cm. by 105.5cm.; 10in. by 3ft. 5½in. roundel: 45 by 41cm.; 1ft. 5¾in. by 1ft. 4in.
Probably assembled by Robert Martin Berkeley (1823-1897)
The tile with a label in manuscript 'Tile from the Hall of Crowle Court Manor House, vide masts [?] p.280 / The house was pulled down in 1863'.
The intriguing roundel that forms a part of this group relates to a 'Cheese Print' decorated with the Stuart arms, illustrated by Edward Pinto in his book Treen and Other Wooden Bygones (London, 1969, pl. 103). Pinto (op. cit. p.102) writes 'When pressing a cheese a heavy board, in early times known as a 'sinker', was fitted to the vat on top of the cheese [...] Cheese prints were formerly used on special occasions and one might be specially carved with the royal arms to commemorate a coronation or royal visit'.