Hello all from the UK,
On behalf of a Norwegian Historical Society, I’m trying to get in contact with someone who might point us in the right direction in our search for an ANCIENT ALTARPIECE that was sold to Britain in the 1800s or early 1900s. I’m posting here because may be a photographer, who is shooting that kind of stuff, has seen something like it or heard it mentioned.
We are NOT planning to try to bring the item back to where it came from but would like to have it photographed for having a replica made. The altarpiece likely origins from before the 1100s and is probably worth a fortune these days. I would think it resides in a private collection or in a museum somewhere. At least two English families may have been involved in the transaction; Blackwells or Rathbones. Perhaps also a William Duppa Crotch.
Please let me know if you know something that may help us in this search.
Regards,
Arne
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