Supporting museums Art we've helped buy The Tichbourne Celebrities
The Tichbourne Celebrities The Tichbourne Celebrities

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The Tichbourne Celebrities

William Cawdell

Art Funded
1975
Dimensions
19 cm
Vendor
How of Edinburgh
Twelve spoons, hallmarked for London.

They bear cast finial figures of Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joshua, King David, Judas Maccabeus, King Arthur, Charlemagne, Guy of Warwick, Christ, St.Peter, & Elizabeth I.

Provenance

Sir Robert Tichbourne; Mrs Sarah Sharpe; David Falke;Sir Joseph Tichbourne; Nostell settled estate.

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