THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A GILTWOOD ARMORIAL FOUR-LEAF SCREEN, each leaf with an assymetrically carved frame of scrolled acanthus and playful putti, the pierced cresting with central ribbon-tied garlands flanked by putti supports above a rockwork boss, one leaf with an armorial device with two amorini supporting a trefoil coronet surmounted by a griffin-head and above the hand of Ulster, inscribed HOMO HOMINI LUPUS, above a scallop-shell central arched apron with scroll terminals (some losses), second half 19th Century
细节
A GILTWOOD ARMORIAL FOUR-LEAF SCREEN, each leaf with an assymetrically carved frame of scrolled acanthus and playful putti, the pierced cresting with central ribbon-tied garlands flanked by putti supports above a rockwork boss, one leaf with an armorial device with two amorini supporting a trefoil coronet surmounted by a griffin-head and above the hand of Ulster, inscribed HOMO HOMINI LUPUS, above a scallop-shell central arched apron with scroll terminals (some losses), second half 19th Century
the armorial leaf: 86in. (214cm.) x 25in. (63.5cm.)
the armorial leaf: 86in. (214cm.) x 25in. (63.5cm.)
来源
The arms are those of the Wolseley family, Wolseley, Staffordshire