An Original Mid 19thC Nameplate From 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831–1868) antiques From the 1950s

From the 1950s

this piece proves a fascinating and intriguing artifact carrying a clear and important message

it insists on a point or indeed indicates a number

Finely executed

It is not known whether or not he commissioned the desk for himself or for a lady

An Original Mid 19thC Nameplate From 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831–1868) antiques From the 1950sOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 4. 5 inches Width: 11. 5 inches The gilt and gesso painted pine exhibit nameplate label from the original oil painting of 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831 1868) painted in 1857 and exhibited in 1861, the plaque reading an exert from Sir Walter Scotts Waverley Novels, The Abbot; in gothic script; "Lady Lochleven,