Lot 122: Sold for £500 hammer

Estimate £150-£200

Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts - An early 20th Century patinated bronze rectangular plaque with the motto 'For men must work and women must weep the sooner tis over the sooner to sleep' with cast panels, affixed to a wooden back board, plaque 49cm x 7.5cm. Provenance - Commercial manager and former metallurgist of The Bromsgrove Guild, thence by descent

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