Attack on the Castle of Love; men assaulting the castle; man climbing a ladder; ladies on the battlements, holding flowers; shields; man with a crossbow throwing flowers; lady on horseback leaving the castle; knight in armour galloping towards the castle.
Corner terminals: four crouching hybrids.
This mirror case is very close to a piece in the Wallace Collection (S245) which is currently considered to be French, early 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Missing: head of the top left hybrid, body of the top right and bottom left hybrids.
Provenance
Collection of Ralph Bernal (b. 1783, d. 1854), London: Bernal sale, Christie & Manson, London, 21 March 1855, lot 1634. Collection of Earl Albert Denison of Londesborough (b. 1805, d. 1860), in 1857: his sale, Christie's, July 1888, lot 754.
Bibliography
F. W. Fairholt, Miscellanea graphica: representations of ancient, medieval, and renaissance remains in the possession of Lord Londesborough (London, 1857), pl. XXVIII, fig. 2.
J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: Sculptures, Marbles, Terracotas and Bronzes, Carvings in Ivory and Wood, Plaquettes, Medals, Coins and Wax-Reliefs (London, 1931 with 1981 supplement), p. 95.
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