An Early 20thC Religious Plaque; ‘Christ is the Head of this House’ c.1915

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An Early 20thC Religious Plaque; ‘Christ is the Head of this House’ c.1915Origin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 Width: 19. 75 Height: 13. 25 Depth: 0. 75 (all in frame) Presented in a period stained pine frame with gilded slip, the religious plaque or notice being crafted in inlaid plaster to a compressed felt ground, reading Christ is the Head of this house, the unseen guest at every meal, the silent listener to every conversation, in ghostly white script on a pea green ground, the edges

Base Diameter: 11 inches (at maximum)

when one studies the way the facial lines

Provenance: The Coape-Arnold family by Descent

with pyjama stripe shirt and fudge coloured trousers and carved fingers

surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century

As we see in our example she is depicted with her arms following the curving contours of her soft and fleshy small-boned body and covering her breasts

The portrait is signed in monogram “A

The condition of the table proves sturdy and useable with a superb dry finish to whole and a rounded overall colour

in later in life

Razorbill 24

The chest has probably sat in a room close to the fireplace and as such the craquelure present is wonderfully redolent and proves consistent to each sides though with more surface wear from the human touch to the top

this example displays such a high level of workmanship that it was probably created for ornamental or ceremonial use

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