18th c Spanish Colonial "Madonna of the Books" Polychrome Wood Statue Shaker 1972 Vietnam Presentation Bell Inscribed

1972 Vietnam Presentation Bell Inscribed

Very good age related condition with minor signs of use

and Romans all used bronze and iron razors to shave their beards and hair

There are Masonic Symbols on the horn

McGillivary most likely exibited paintings at the Otago Art Society where New Zealand artists exibited paintings from 1876 - 1928It currently occupies part of the Dunedin Railway Station

18th c Spanish Colonial "Madonna of the Books" Polychrome Wood Statue Shaker 1972 Vietnam Presentation Bell InscribedWe are offering a Very Rare and Beautiful 18th c Spanish Colonial Polychrome Statue of the Madonna of the Books. (The Virgin and the Child") Also known as the Madonna of the Book. This wonderful hand carved Wooden Statue depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book. The layout and decoration suggest that it might be a Book of Hours, one of those devotional manuals intended for laypeople that gained widespread popularity between the 13th and 16th