A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 reserved in burrwood and elm

in burrwood and elm

where he lived until his death in 1969

John Hancock refers to him in a letter in 1880 as: 'A good taxidemist

Exert from the Wood Panellings And Mantels

A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 reserved in burrwood and elmOrigin: Italian Period: Rococo Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 Heights: 9 Widths: 10. 5 10 Depths: 1 In entirely original condition, the gilded and carved wooden frames sculpted to vegetal motifs and ribbon bow finials, the silvered altar cards or cartaglorias in shaped cartouches showing the original hand written latin texts in gold, red and green, for recital by the priest at mass, and surviving from late eighteenth century Italy. The wholes are