A Beautiful Post Medieval Silver Bifacial Cross Pendant; ex Sir Francis Cook Collection sub-Antiques It is difficult

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bound together with strips of camel hide to form a saddle stool with splayed supports and round pommels

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Length 48 inches

A Beautiful Post Medieval Silver Bifacial Cross Pendant; ex Sir Francis Cook Collection sub-Antiques It is difficultOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Silk collection, London, UK; ex Czechoslovakia auction, Kolekce Malych Krizu PI. Refordove, a collection of 87 cross pendants from the collection of Mrs R. W. Reford, the collection originating in the course of the 1920's in England; ex francis Mallet, Malllet & Son, New Bond Street, London; ex Sir Francis Cook (1817 1901) collection, 1st Baronet, British merchant and art collector. Date: 1840