Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A WALNUT AND OAK PRIE DIEU MOUNTED WITH LIMOGE STYLE ENAMELS, THE ENAMEL PLAQUES POSSIBLY SAMSON, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with an enamel plaque depicting the Crucifixion between enamel columns, the lower section with a later oak adjustable lifting slope above a pair of double panelled doors with enamelled portrait roundels depicting apostles, parts of the walnut cabinet 18th century and the reverse with fragments of crimson damask
146cm high, 60cm. wide, 34cm. deep; 4ft. 9½in., 1ft. 11¾in., 1ft. 1½in.
‘Spetchley Park -I. Worcestershire, The Seat of Mr. R. V. Berkeley', Country Life, 8 July 1916, p. 46;
Inventory, 1949, 'A walnut prie dieu having simulated drawer front, set with Limoges enamels, a Limoges enamel plaque “The Crucifixion” set in the canopy back, 23” wide' in Mr John Berkeley's Bedroom