HERODS COMMAND !! Antique Heavy Brass Charger with Repousse Craft Image -Slaughter of the Inncocents

ANTIQUE HEAVY BRASS WALL CHARGER DECORATED WITH REPOUSSE CRAFT IMAGE - HEROD THE GREATS SLAUGHTER OF THE INNCOCENTS

A RARE ANTIQUE ITEM MANUFACTURED ENTIRELY OF BRASS. 

A BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE WALL PLAQUE / CHARGER OF THICK BRASS WHICH HAS BEEN DECORATED IN EXQUISITE REPOUSSE CRAFT WITH A SERIES OF CELTIC STYLE PATTERNS ALONG THE VERGE AND A DETAILED IMAGE OF KING HEROD THE GREAT SEATED UPON A THRONE WHILE CLASPING A SCEPTER.  BEFORE HIM A GRUESOME SCENE PLAYS ITSELF OUT AS HE ORDERS THE SLAYING OF CHILDREN.

THIS SCENE MOST LIKELY REFERS TO THE BIBLICAL "SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS" IN WHICH HEROD THE GREAT ORDERED THE SLAYING OF ALL JEWISH MALE CHILDREN IN THE BETHLEHEM VICINITY AS HE BELIEVED THIS ACTION WOULD PREVENT JESUS FROM BECOMING "KING OF THE JEWS".    HEROD WAS DESPERATE TO HANG ONTO HIS ROMAN APPOINTED THRONE IN ISRAEL AND WHEN HEARING THE RUMORS THAT A "KING OF THE JEWS" HAD BEEN BORN....HE RESORTED TO EXTREME MEASURES

THE CHARGER HAS A NATURAL HOLE AT THE TOP FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE CHARGER IS NOT MARKED OR STAMPED

CONDITION : THE ITEM WILL REQUIRE POLISHING DUE TO A LIGHT LAYER OF PATINA DUE TO AGE, ASIDE FROM WHICH IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, DENTS ETC

SIZE : 3.5cm HEIGHT TO RIM.....29.2cm DIAMETER

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