BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE BRASS RUBBING DATED AROUND 1435 - $125 - (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

THIS IS 34INCHES BY 14 1/2 GOLD PAINTED WOOD BACKGROUND MOSS GREEN DONE ON WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK WAX TYPE CRAYON. IT HAS NON-GLARE GLASS ,STUNNING TOP QUIALITY BRASS RUBBING . THIS IS AN ENGLISH BRASS OF A WOMAN BLACK ON WHITE PAPER MATED ON GREEN BACKGROUND. SHE HAS THE HIGH NECK COLAR AND BELTED WAIST DRESS OF THAT TIMES. THESE WERE RUBBED FROM BRASS PLATES IN AN ANCIENT ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE 1960'S. MANY CHURCHES IN ENGLAND HAVE NOW BANNED THE RUBBING OF BRASSES DUE TO DAMAGE AND WEAR PROBLEMS . THEREFORE OLD QUALITY BRASS RUBBINGS HAVE BECOME VERY COLLECTIBLE. THIS RUBBING TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS TO RUB. THEY MAKE WONDERFUL DECORATIVE VALUE TO HOME OR OFFICE.

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