A Charles II raised work and embroidered silk picture depicting the Judgement of Solomon


worked in satin and other stitches in coloured silks, chenille, wool, couched silver thread and embroidered seed pearls on an ivory ground, the figures depicted in contemporary dress, Soloman seated under a domed canopy before a swaddled child flanked by the two prospective mothers, a soldier holding the child in question and brandishing a sword, the background with various flowers, insects and birds, a snail, a frog, a rabbit, a parrot, a leopard and a rainbow, the palace to the left hand corner, 29.5cm x 24cm , mounted within a later carved gilt wood glazed frame, 30.5 x 36cm overall