St Mary's Abbey Figurine
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St. Mary's Abbey, York
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| Material | Gilded copper alloy, semi-precious stones, enamel. |
| Period/culture | Medieval |
| Discovered | 1826 St. Mary's Abbey, York |
| Present location | Yorkshire Museum, York |
| Identification | YORYM: 2019.77 |
The St. Mary's Abbey Figurine is a medieval gilt-copper alloy, Limoges enamel figurine found in St. Mary's Abbey, York in 1826. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2019.[1][2][3]
The figurine was discovered in the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey in 1826. This information is recorded on an antiquarian label stuck to the back of the figure.[2] It was lost until the 1920s, when it was recorded in the private collection of Franz Monheim of Aachen (1891–1969) and then passed down to his family. The figurine was publicly auctioned by Monheim's family, through the Van Ham auction house in Cologne, on 15 May 2019.[4]
It was purchased for €8500. This purchase price was raised by York Museums Trust through grants from Arts Council England and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.[3]