A 15thC French Caen Limestone Architectural Carving sub-Macabre- Medicine and of particularly good colour

and of particularly good colour and texture

not added to

this work proves to be an interesting and attractive picture and a rather unusual one at that

The French were the best at making such forms and these are probably by V

the original dark stained finish now distressed commensurate with age and surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century England

A 15thC French Caen Limestone Architectural Carving sub-Macabre- Medicine and of particularly good colourOrigin: French Period: Late Medieval Provenance: Collection of Mike Handford, 'Hillsleigh', Burford, Oxfordshire Date: c. 1450 Height: 27 Width: 12. 5 Depth: 6 The well carved late medieval period Caen limestone stone carving in the form of a female figure, and probably from a window jamb, standing with their right arm to their chest, the other hand resting on a cartouche with further architectural elements to the figures right hand side and below,