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Brass lion’s mask door centre-pull
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Exceptional pair of foundry crucibles,
£2,850Exceptional pair of foundry crucibles,
well patinated throughout, previously drilled for used as planters.£2,850 -
An English relief cast plaster bucranium frieze panel
£65 each tileAn English relief cast plaster bucranium frieze panel
the ox-head skull, with repeating flutes incised to one side to enable the creation of a frieze,£65 each tile -
Parrots by Edward Lear – Salmon-crested Cockatoo
£275Parrots by Edward Lear – Salmon-crested Cockatoo
Edward Lear began his career as a zoological illustrator, working in the Parrot House at London Zoo. This resulted in the publication of Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots, the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured in 1832. The first plates for the book were issued in 1830 when he was still only 18.£275