A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage with one end of the

with one end of the larger hinged lid loose

There isn’t a word to describe it

The condition is superb with the ebony in lovely order and the original bottle glass without damage

The well depicted three-quarter length portrait of a bearded gentleman being the minister Thomas Child (1839-1906)

Albeit in a more parlous state than the ideal

A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage with one end of theOrigin: Italian Period: Rococo Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 Heights: 9 Widths: 10. 5 10 Depths: 1 In entirely original condition, the gilded and carved wooden frames sculpted to vegetal motifs and ribbon bow finials, the silvered altar cards or cartaglorias in shaped cartouches showing the original hand written latin texts in gold, red and green, for recital by the priest at mass, and surviving from late eighteenth century Italy. The wholes are