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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
July 15, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Doulton Lambeth George Tinworth Decorated Terra-cotta Plaque

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$2,583$2,100
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2920MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 15, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Doulton Lambeth George Tinworth Decorated Terra-cotta Plaque, England, c. 1878, rectangular, modeled in high relief with religious depiction inscribed above "AND THE KING WAS EXCEEDINGLY SORRY; YET FOR HIS OATH'S SAKE, AND FOR THEIR SAKES WHICH SAT WITH HIM, HE WOULD NOT REJECT HER" and below "BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON" and "PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES - NOT THE ONLY LIFE THAT AS BEEN DANCED AWAY BY A WOMAN," "H. DOULTON & CO. LAMBETH, G. TINWORTH" and monogram, 6 x 13 in.; set in an ebonized wood frame.

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

1/2" chips along the left edge. Not examined out of frame.


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