Medieval Upper Harz ‘Golden Chalice’ c.1470

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Medieval Upper Harz ‘Golden Chalice’ c.1470A wonderful and rare survivor from a long vanished Medieval town in the Upper Harz region of Germany. The Upper Harz refers to the northwestern and higher part of the Harz mountain range in Germany In its traditional sense, the term Upper Harz covers the area of the seven historical mining towns (Bergstdte) Clausthal, Zellerfeld, Andreasberg, Altenau, Lautenthal, Wildemann and Grund in the present day German federal state of Lower Saxony. This

Delicately carved cloaked torso fragment of an Italian Saint Peter

The Gustavian furniture style was born in late 1700s in the reign of King Gustav of Sweden

would make great bedroom armchairs as they are a smaller armchair

heating and pouring molten metals

Acanthus ornament was the standard language of carved naval decoration in this era

or add pleasing symmetry to any interior

A unique opportunity to own an important piece of history

luminous and time-worn over its’ hand-carved wooden gilded frame

When the Kingdom of Pergamon fell to the Romans in 133BC Mark Antony seized the 200

In original condition

punctuated with flowers

perfection in form and function