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A silver-gilt presentation statuette of a medieval minstrel
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1928

15 – 16 February 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A silver-gilt presentation statuette of a medieval minstrel

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1928
A realistically cast figure of a minstrel, probably intended to represent Alan-a-Dale, the wandering minstrel in the legend of Robin Hood, playing a lute, on a stepped square base, the edge of the base inscribed 'George Gough, The Royal Minstrel of 1928', height 28cm, weight 42oz.

Footnotes

Alan-a-Dale (spelt in various ways), the wandering minstrel in Robin Hood's band of outlaws the 'Merry Men' was, according to legend, born in the village of Dale Abbey between Nottingham and Derby and it is claimed he married his wife, Ellen, in the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick. He is first mentioned in a late 17th century ballad, 'Robin Hood and Allen a Dale':

"What is thy name?" then said Robin Hood,
Come tell me, without any fail."
"By the faith of my body," then said the young man,
"My name it is Allen a Dale."


The character later appears in chapter 33 of Sir Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe', "He is a profane and drunken minstrel, called Allan-a Dale".

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