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Click here to subscribeA resin figure of a bear, in the Black Forest manner, formed as a stick stand CONDITION REPORTS A significant chunk missing from the front rim of the dished area, various chips throughout and various moulding faults. A split to the back - possibly designed to resemble wood. General wear and scuffs and dirt.
THE YOUNG KRISHNA Western Deccan, India, 19th century brass, the god standing on a lotus base, holding a his churning stick, his hair tied in a bun 9.7cm high Provenance Private collection, Yorkshire This unusual form of Krishna is worshipped in Udupi on the coast of Karnataka. Rukmini is said to have had an image made to remind her of the moment when the mischevous Krishna seized the butter churning stick with its turning rope, and the image was later brought to Udupi where it became the centre of an important cult.
Autograph Letter signed to Edward Lowth Badeley, ecclesiastical lawyer, 4pp (William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-98) Autograph Letter signed to Edward Lowth Badeley, ecclesiastical lawyer, 4pp., 8vo, Whitehall, 17th January 1845, on the Hampden controversy, "In spite of your intelligence I stick to my text - you may rely on itit must be shown that Hampden & Co. have not equally contravened the articles of the Church," small tear at head and tear starting along fold ; and c. 25 others, including: ALs.s. from: Sir Henry Cole, John Bright, Sir John Henniker HeatonJA Pike Pease, Arnold Morley, Sir Francis Freeling, and the Earl of Auckland; Free Franks, including: Duke of Wellington, Lord Lowther, Lord Melbourne, Sir Robert Peel, Joseph Hume etc., v.s., v.d. 19th century (c. 25 pieces). First mentioned on the controversy of R.D. Hampden's election as regius professor of divinity at Oxford.
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