Lot 131
131
A fine small needlework picture of an execution, possibly from a casket, depicting a Carolean figure being cut down from the gallows, a dog beneath him representing fidelity and four further figures, one with a plumed headdress and spear, possibly representing Minerva as the goddess of war and for the defence of just causes, all the figures in raised work and with much seed pearl embellishment, two castles with mica windows and a purl tree in the background, and a purl flower to the left--7½ x 12¾in. (19 x 32.5cm.), English, third quarter of the 17th century, framed and glazed
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A fine small needlework picture of an execution, possibly from a casket, depicting a Carolean figure being cut down from the gallows, a dog beneath him representing fidelity and four further figures, one with a plumed headdress and spear, possibly representing Minerva as the goddess of war and for the defence of just causes, all the figures in raised work and with much seed pearl embellishment, two castles with mica windows and a purl tree in the background, and a purl flower to the left--7½ x 12¾in. (19 x 32.5cm.), English, third quarter of the 17th century, framed and glazed

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A fine small needlework picture of an execution, possibly from a casket, depicting a Carolean figure being cut down from the gallows, a dog beneath him representing fidelity and four further figures, one with a plumed headdress and spear, possibly representing Minerva as the goddess of war and for the defence of just causes, all the figures in raised work and with much seed pearl embellishment, two castles with mica windows and a purl tree in the background, and a purl flower to the left--7½ x 12¾in. (19 x 32.5cm.), English, third quarter of the 17th century, framed and glazed
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