Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30 Mar 2022
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A GEORGE IV TREEN OAK YORK MINSTER RELIC BOWL
A GEORGE IV TREEN OAK YORK MINSTER RELIC BOWL
DATED '1829'
the bowl with moulded bands, the interior stamped 'York Minster 1829' with crossed keys
12.3cm diameter
Provenance
The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen.
Catalogue Note
The1829 fire, one of several in the Minster`s history, was started deliberately by a deranged man, Jonathan Martin, elder brother of the Romantic painter John Martin (1789-1854).
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