The catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures : the genuine works of the esteemed painters Alexander Veronese, Teniers, Tintoret ... : including a most spirited sketch, a battle piece, by Salvator Rosa ... : and which will be sold by auction by order of the administratrix by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster at Mr. Squib's Great Room, Saville Passage, on Thursday, the 12th of February, 1801, at twelve o'clock
An 1801 London auction catalogue issued by the auctioneers Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster for sale of painted pictures by named old masters, aimed at prospective buyers and collectors. The one picture is a plain horizontal border of repeated fleuron and foliate ornament with scrolled end pieces, likely used as a decorative page divider; a designer could draw on its symmetrical, rhythmic repeat for simple framing bands.
