AN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE CARVED, PAINTED AND GILDED TARBERNACLE FRAME
with cavetto sight edge, the facia with scrolling gilt foliate motif on a black ground, pearl course, the central plate with stylised foliage and flower heads running from urns at base entwined with birds in low relief, triple-bead-and-bar course, the entablature centred by stylised foliate figure flanked by scrolling foliage and berries in low relief below dental course and cornice, the predella flanked by two patera and two griffins in low relief below dental course
sight edge: 76.5 x 57 cm
rebate: 77.5 x 58.5 cm
section width: 27 cm
overall: 122 x 92 cm