GLASGOW ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER AND OAK BOOK TROUGH LATIN ' TOLLE LEGE ' CIRCA 1900

GLASGOW ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER AND OAK BOOK TROUGH LATIN ' TOLLE LEGE ' CIRCA 1900 (image 1/[null])
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GLASGOW ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER AND OAK BOOK TROUGH LATIN ' TOLLE LEGE ' CIRCA 1900 Description FOR SALE THIS IS AN ANTIQUE BOOK TROUGH MADE FROM DARK OAK WHICH HAS COPPER PANELS TO EACH END AND A LARGE LATIN PHRASE AGAIN IN HAMMERED COPPER TO THE UPPER FRONT AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. IT DEPICTS A LATIN PHRASE ' TOLLE LEGE' MEANING 'TAKE UP AND READ' AND RELATING TO ST AUGUSTINE A POPULAR ARTS AND CRAFTS THEME DURING THAT PERIOD. MEASURING 18 INCHES LONG, 10 INCHES DEEP AND STANDING 8 INCHES HIGH. DATING TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY AROUND 1900/1910 IT IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS PROBABLY GLASGOW SCHOOL ARTS AND CRAFTS AND WOULD NOT HAVE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE IN THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART. IN LOVELY CONDITION I HAVE LEFT THE COPPER UNPOLISHED AND THE DARK GRAINED OAK BOARDS HAVE A LOVELY PATINA. IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY PERIOD HOME OR COLLECTION AND IS A RARE ITEM TO FIND THESE DAYS. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK
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