1726687

St. ANDREW on CROSS 19c FRENCH WOOD STATUE #1726687

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St. ANDREW on CROSS 19c FRENCH WOOD STATUE  #1726687
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UNIQUE FRUIT WOOD CARVING FOR A CANDLE SUPPORT OR TORCHERE.</em></td>
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This is a wonderful carved depiction of St. Andrew carrying his Cross. It was carved by a master carver probably from the Jura Mountains in France from Cherry wood or another fruit wood. I would say it is a Baroque copy made at the end of the 19th or the early 20th century. On his head is an attachment to fix a candle support and this would have been used as a very decorative candle stick indeed. St. Andrew was Christs first Apostle (Perocletus The first Called), he was a fisherman, a follower of St. John the Baptist, and brother of St. Peter. He was martyred on a Saltire (an X shaped cross) during his mission. He is patron saint of Scotland (His cross is the National Flag of the Scots) He is also patron saint of Fishermen, unmarried women, Greece, Germany, The Spanish Army, Malta, Russia (with St. Nicholas), Romania, Singers and sore throats. He is a very Popular saint and the central figure of many cults through the ages, especially in Eastern Europe and The Baltic where he carried out his mission.

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<tr><td>Condition:Very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1880</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:FRANCE</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:6.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:St. ANDREW on CROSS 19c FRENCH WOOD STATUE </td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Baroque</td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:BAROQUE</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:New Ross, Ireland</td></tr>
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