7th May, 2014 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection

 
Lot 316
 

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**A STAINED GLASS PANEL OF ST ADRIAN OF NICOMEDIA

**A STAINED GLASS PANEL OF ST ADRIAN OF NICOMEDIA, PROBABLY FLEMISH OR GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND LATER the armoured figure holding an anvil and a sword, a lion at his feet 186.5 cm x 59 cm; 73 ½ in x 23 ¼ in Provenance Stoke Poges Manor, Buckinghamshire, to 1799 Saint Giles Church, North Aisle, Stoke Poges Col. Shaw, Stoke Poges Manor; sold, 'Early Stained Glass, Fine Antique Rugs and Carpets, Woodwork and Carvings, and Valuable Old English and French Furniture, etc.,' Sotheby & Co., London, 16 May 1929, lot 49, Lionel Harris, Spanish Art Gallery, London; French & Co., New York, 1929 William Randolph Hearst collection (No.66-1); sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 16 August 1943 Literature George Lipscomb, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, IV, London, 1857, p.568 Madeline H. Caviness (ed), Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978, p.79 See the Detroit Institute of Art, Accession No. 58.111, for what appears to be a companion window to this, depicting St Wencelas. JWHA Inv. No. 2728

Sold for £19,000


 
**A STAINED GLASS PANEL OF ST ADRIAN OF NICOMEDIA, PROBABLY FLEMISH OR GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND LATER the armoured figure holding an anvil and a sword, a lion at his feet 186.5 cm x 59 cm; 73 ½ in x 23 ¼ in Provenance Stoke Poges Manor, Buckinghamshire, to 1799 Saint Giles Church, North Aisle, Stoke Poges Col. Shaw, Stoke Poges Manor; sold, 'Early Stained Glass, Fine Antique Rugs and Carpets, Woodwork and Carvings, and Valuable Old English and French Furniture, etc.,' Sotheby & Co., London, 16 May 1929, lot 49, Lionel Harris, Spanish Art Gallery, London; French & Co., New York, 1929 William Randolph Hearst collection (No.66-1); sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 16 August 1943 Literature George Lipscomb, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, IV, London, 1857, p.568 Madeline H. Caviness (ed), Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978, p.79 See the Detroit Institute of Art, Accession No. 58.111, for what appears to be a companion window to this, depicting St Wencelas. JWHA Inv. No. 2728