English and Continental Furniture, Barometers, Clocks and Works of Art - 9th January 2007

Lot 133

An engraved brass and enamelled memorial plaque

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £140

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Description

An engraved brass and enamelled memorial plaque, to William Ewart Gladstone, having a coat of arms and motto 'Fide et Virtute' above 'To the Glory of God and in Pious Memory of William Ewart Gladstone, Patron of this Church and Four times Prime Minister of England, who entered into rest on Ascension Day 1898. He worshipped near this spot during his Boyhood and was a Teacher in the Sunday School. The Memory of the Just is Blessed,' 33 x 24in (84 x 61cm). Gladstone was born in 1809 in Liverpool, at 62 Rodney Street.