It was one of many other items inherited from an original collection created by Cooper Penrose
the splat is somewhat unusual in pine as it is modeled on a typical George III dining chair
A lady would tend to just give her name to the establishment she was visiting and the bill would conveniently be sent home to the man of the house
1890-1900Depth: 12”Height: 15”Width: 11” (each)The finely carved marble figure depicting the Penitent or Repentant Magdalene after the original by After Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822)
whilst this example also has the benefit that it could equally be hung vertically
A Mid-19thC Continental School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1850 sub-Natural History It was one of manyOrigin: Central European, Possibly BavarianPeriod: Mid 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 50Height: 18. 5Width: 14. 75The unframed half length depiction of an intriguing looking gentleman in his middle years, in oils on canvas, clad in a formal black overcoat and cravatte, and clutching a Panama type hat, with a mountainous background, the work surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century and in un restored condition. The picture has