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Curved kiss of Peace plaque in painted polychrome enamel with gold highlights depicting Saint Barbara seated facing the tower where she was sequestered; salmon-colored counter-enamel in fondant. Inscription. SA . NCTA ° : BARBA . RA : . Limoges, second quarter of the 16th century Height: 7.3 cm - Width: 5.5 cm In a gilded wood frame with shell pediment (minor damage to lower left corner) Provenance: Private collection from Sarthe. Bibliography: A. Brunet, ″Émaux de Limoges dans une collection angevine″ in Bull. de la Soc. Archéol. et hist. du Limousin, t. CXXI, 1993, n°16, p. 164 et 166, fig.17 p.167.
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Curved kiss of Peace plaque in painted polychrome enamel with gold highlights depicting Saint Barbara seated facing the tower where she was sequestered; salmon-colored counter-enamel in fondant. Inscription. SA . NCTA ° : BARBA . RA : . Limoges, second quarter of the 16th century Height: 7.3 cm - Width: 5.5 cm In a gilded wood frame with shell pediment (minor damage to lower left corner) Provenance: Private collection from Sarthe. Bibliography: A. Brunet, ″Émaux de Limoges dans une collection angevine″ in Bull. de la Soc. Archéol. et hist. du Limousin, t. CXXI, 1993, n°16, p. 164 et 166, fig.17 p.167.
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