A CONTINENTAL SILVER MOUNTED DEVOTIONAL FRAME, UNMARKED, NETHERLANDISH, 17TH & 18TH CENTURY, CENTRED BY A 17TH CENTURY EMBOSSED PLAQUETTE

A CONTINENTAL SILVER MOUNTED DEVOTIONAL FRAME, UNMARKED, NETHERLANDISH, 17TH & 18TH CENTURY, CENTRED BY A 17TH CENTURY EMBOSSED PLAQUETTE

the plaque depicting The Agony in the Garden, Jesus prays ‘my father if it possible to let this cup pass from me’, before the angel who holds up a chalice, Peter, James and John sleep while Judas and the guards with torches approach, the border of the frame applied with two parcel-gilt angels with stippled ornament flanked by pierced and openwork appliques, on a red and black velvet-lined, wood frame, the plaquette with 1831-1868 Kingdom of Belgium control mark only
37cm., 14 1/2in. wide

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