Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English carved alabaster Overall excellent condition

Overall excellent condition

this excellent old solid brass one bearing a perfectly rendered hourglass

These would be great just thrown in a big bowl

but I have discovered a number of other ceramic pieces he made

though I would be tempted to keep it on the counter most of the time filled with lemons or mandarin oranges or something else pretty

Amazing 17th-18th Century Ornately Decorated Handwoven Heavy Wool and Metallic Thread Trim, Presumed English carved alabaster Overall excellent conditionThis I regard as the most special thing I've found in the last few weeks, for being very old and just blowing my mind with its construction. Handwoven of both heavy wool and metallic thread, it is a 54 inch stretch of wide trim, onto which was stitched an endless series of metallic thread wrapped metal forms crosses, knots, and bows of several sorts. Details give a sense of the intensity of the workmanship here, but holding it in hand is a different