VALLANCE MUSEUM !! Lot of Two Antique Polished Stone Figurines from Vallance Museum, Matlock

ANTIQUE PRE 1840 POLISHED STONE FIGURINES FROM VALLANCE MUSEUM, MATLOCK - BECAME ROYAL MUSEUM AFTER 1840

AN EXTREMELY RARE LOT OF TWO POLISHED STONE FIGURINES FROM WHAT WAS THE VALLANCE CENTRAL MUSEUM IN MATLOCK, ENGLAND, OWNED BY Mr. VALLANCE.  THE MUSEUM BECAME THE ROYAL MUSEUM IN 1840 AFTER A VISIT FROM QUEEN ADELAIDE

THE TWO FIGURINES ARE SCULPTED FROM WHITE POLISHED STONE DEPICTING A CANINE AND A RABBIT EACH MOUNTED ON A POLISHED BLACK STONE PLINTH.      SINCE THESE FIGURINES ARE FROM THE VALLANCE CENTRAL MUSEUM BEFORE IT BECAME THE ROYAL MUSEUM IT WOULD PLACE THEIR MANUFACTURE BEFORE 1840

AN INTRINSICALLY COLLECTABLE PAIR

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM HAS A LABEL UNDERNEATH - "VALLANCE, MUSEUM, MATLOCK"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : THE LINK RECORDS THE HISTORY OF THE VALLANCE CENTRAL MUSEUM AND WHEN IT BECAME ROYAL

http://www.andrewsgen.com/matlock/pix/matlockbath_southparade_museum_royal.htm

CONDITION : THE DOG FIGURINE IS MISSING THE TIPS OF THE FRONT PAWS AND TAIL WHILE THE RABBIT IS MISSING THE TIP OF THE LEFT PAW.  ASIDE FROM THIS THEY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE WITH NO OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND

SIZE : 3cm HEIGHT.....5cm by 3.8cm SIDES OF BLACK PLINTH

ONE BID FOR BOTH AS A LOT

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