Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 03 Apr 2019

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An early 19th century French prisoner of war bone Calvary model

£200 - £300 £320

An early 19th century French prisoner of war bone Calvary model, with polychrome decoration, depicting Christ on the cross with attendant figures of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene and with various symbols including a cockerel, dice, urns of flowers, a chalice, a ladder, stone mason's tools, pricket candlesticks and a lamp, within a glazed straw-work case, 26.4cm high, 18.5cm wide, 11cm deep.

For very similar models see: The Arts and Crafts of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War, 1756-1816 by Clive Lloyd, pp. 62-63.

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