Netherlandish, Master of the Judgement of Solomon, late 16th century, St Mark and St John, a pair of lead plaquettes (from a set of the four evangelists) comprising (i) St Mark seated beside the lion and (ii) St John writing on a tablet with the eagle at his feet, 67mm (cf. Warren, Ashmolean 464 and 466), extremely fine and set in uniform circular wooden frames with wreath borders (2). These plaquettes lack the borders found on Warren 459-462 and in this respect, they are closer to the second set in the Ashmolean. Unusually they are convex whereas both sets in the Ashmolean are flat. Each has an engraved capital letter M on their reverses which may relate to Warren 467 (a single St Matthew) which has an M cast on its reverse.

Estimate: GBP £700 - £1’000