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A Sainted Bishop
Workshop: Unknown
Two rectangular pieces of a plaque, the upper piece wider than the lower piece. Copper, engraved, punched, and champlevé enamelled. A bishop with a halo indicated sainthood, seated under a Romanesque arch resting on acanthus capitals on columns whose lower parts are missing. He holds a crook in his left hand and a book in his right. In the background there are four- and eight-pointed stars and small discs reserved in a punched ground.
History note: Hollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire (17i6-1867); Charles Magniac; sold Christie’s, 2, 4-8 and 11-15 July 1892, Catalogue of the renowned collection of works of art chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac Esq. (known as the Colworth Collection), third day, 5 July, p. 79, part of lot 250B
Frank McClean Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
13th Century, Early
Medieval
Circa
1200
CE
-
1225
CE
The four-pointed and eight-pointed stars, discs and stylised ornament reserved in the punched ground is characteristic of a group of enamels described as the 'Star Group of Enamels' by F.W. Stohlman in 1950 (see Documentation). The columns and arch are close to a plaque in the Musée de Cluny, Paris (no. 4522).
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Both Parts
composed of
copper
A
Height 8.1 cm
Width 11.1 cm
B
Height 8.1 cm
Width 7 cm
Background
Accession number: M.28A & B-1904
Primary reference Number: 166014
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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