Lot 561: Sold for £80 hammer
A Selected Antiques & Fine Art Sale to include silver, jewellery & maritime,
Wednesday 12th April 2017 - Thursday 13th April 2017
Two similar Victorian carved stoneware plaques, both with coin inserts to verso, one depicting a classical scene with a nude female figure and putti, the coin insert 'The darkest hour is that before the dawn - W. Woodhouse fecit Dublin' the other a lady and gentleman in a garden, the coin insert 'International Exhibition opened May 1st 1862 - West Front View, covers a space of 26 acres, 1200ft long - 700ft wide, domes 250ft high, cost £300,000', both with circular form in gilt frames, largest 19.5cm diameter