A Large Provincial Black Painted Oak Tavern Settle c.1880 antiques unusual subjects include photographs of

unusual subjects include photographs of clothes made by the families during the war

the carcass still having the original taupe painted finish

and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus

now wonderfully worn with age

to elegant square tapering legs and surviving from George III period England

A Large Provincial Black Painted Oak Tavern Settle c.1880 antiques unusual subjects include photographs ofOrigin: British, Possibly WelshPeriod: VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Width: 84Height: 53 or 21 at seatDepth: 19The textured black painted oak carcass, of good size at seven feet wide, showing the wonderful original paint worn thoroughly and consistently with age, being of boarded construction, with a plank back and seat, over a pair of cupboard doors opening to reveal a useful storage area, the whole surviving from the last quarter of