Anglo-Saxon Wisdom #2
Signed verso letter engraving on wood.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
Signed verso letter engraving on wood.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
$1,760.79
Anglo-Saxon Wisdom #2—
$1,760.79
Description
Signed verso letter engraving on wood.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
Monogrammed with oak leaf on the side.
Antique European Oak, 'limed' with titanium white. The wood had been removed from a large antique writing-desk during restoration, but could not be re-used. The colour in the letters is the natural colour of the wood, darkened by age.
The words are from Proverb 14 of the Old English Durham Proverbs. Translated, they read:
A man acts as he is when he may do as he will.
A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.
