This particular pair are a little more subtle in design than other more ornate examples of this period and were made to be placed on a table but there were those that could be attached to a person's clothes
gadrooned top rail and frieze with fluted and turned legs having carved floral motifs and terminating in lobed ball finials survives from late nineteenth century France
5 inches fully extended with telescopic legs
The image of the crucifixion represents the death and resurrection of Jesus and serves as a reminder of our own sins and our need for redemption
The trunk is of high quality and has several labels to include the stamp of the owner ‘Brigadier T
A Scare & Early Carved & Painted Pine Folk Art Phrenology Head c.1850-60 sub-Art & Sculpture This particular pair are aOrigin: English or American Period: Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 60 Height: 14. 75 Base: 9 x 9 Depth: 10. 5 The folk art hand painted and carved pine phrenologist bust of generous proportions, being disproportionate and larger than life in size, on a shaped base, mapping the labeled regions of the human brain, such as lust, addiction and gullibility with each section painted within black and cream outlines on an ochre base, the whole in