An Early 19thC Painted Pine Sign for the Solemnization of Marriages; Hockliffe Chapel

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An Early 19thC Painted Pine Sign for the Solemnization of Marriages; Hockliffe ChapelOrigin: EnglishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: Hockliffe Congregational Chapel, BedfordshireDate: c. 1825Height: 11. 5Width: 26. 5Depth: 1. 25The wonderfully decorative painted pine thick rectangular board, sign written This place of worship is licensed for the solemnization of marriages in gold script to a black ground, with a raised border and hanging loop, surviving from the Hockliffe Congregational Chapel, Bedfordshire and the first quarter of

having a painted face and silk covered tall hat

The sconces are all in working order with the separate hook spindle nicely allowing the sconces to spin gently on the axis

which is sporadic

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The textile is in good aged

By the early 19th century one's choice of carriage was only in part based on practicality and performance

Guy's Tower is divided into two sections of which the top floors (floors 18-30) represent the dental school

Examples like this are quite commonly ebonised from this period though we have never seen one with gilt-metal decoration before which makes this particular piece rather more special

There is some expected wear to the armorial and more so to the tavern scene with some chipping but much of depiction survives

having become antiquated

the Vung Tau Cargo of 1690-1700 salvaged from a Chinese junk sunk by fire en route to Jakarta

There is a possibility she could be French but we think the piece is probably English and was part of a larger composition in an ecclesiastical environment

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