Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Thomas Percy, Three Volumes, London 1839 Later frame with minor wear

Later frame with minor wear

A fine 19th-century French Napoleon III bronze-mounted marquetry jardinière or plant stand

Finding a true pair that has remained together through centuries like this is becoming increasingly rare

The Madonna leans gently forward with an outstretched hand

Such images epitomized the 18th-century taste for pastoral antiquity and were highly sought after by collectors across Europe

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Thomas Percy, Three Volumes, London 1839 Later frame with minor wearReliques of Ancient English Poetry, Thomas Percy, Three Volumes, London 1839 A complete three volume 1839 London edition of Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, compiled and edited by Thomas Percy, one of the most influential works in the preservation of early English and Scottish ballad tradition. First issued in the 18th century, Percys Reliques fundamentally reshaped English literary taste by reintroducing medieval and early modern verse at a time