7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**A PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE OF ST ELIGIUS
A PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE OF ST ELIGIUS, PERHAPS LORRAINE EARLY 16TH CENTURY the saint modelled as a blacksmith shoeing the partial leg of a horse, his anvil resting on a pedestal hung with tools, plinth entitled: St Eloi 110 cm; 43 ¼ in high Provenance William Randolph Hearst, sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 31 October 1941, no.1381-8 JWHA Inv. No. 2648 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 29, illustrated
Sold for £17,000
A PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE OF ST ELIGIUS, PERHAPS LORRAINE EARLY 16TH CENTURY the saint modelled as a blacksmith shoeing the partial leg of a horse, his anvil resting on a pedestal hung with tools, plinth entitled: St Eloi 110 cm; 43 ¼ in high Provenance William Randolph Hearst, sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 31 October 1941, no.1381-8 JWHA Inv. No. 2648 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 29, illustrated
