A Late 19thC Folk Art Pine Cigar Box Painted with a Study of a Border Terrier poa-item marble and glass with bronze

marble and glass with bronze or metal adornments

the Goddess of the Moon as a swathed nude maiden nymph in diaphanous fabric amongst a starry midnight blue sky

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The weighty cast bronze figurine in the provincial style of the goddess Venus standing nude with right hand extended and brought to the midriff

In England the collection of naturalia began in earnest in the 17thC with John Tradescant who served as a gardener to various members of the aristocracy and ultimately to Charles I

A Late 19thC Folk Art Pine Cigar Box Painted with a Study of a Border Terrier poa-item marble and glass with bronzeOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Depth: 4. 5 Width: 6 Height: 2 The rectangular black painted cigar box having a pin fastened lid revealing a vacant interior, the front painted with a nave study of a curled up border terrier and surviving from late Victorian period England. This box has obvious signs of use as there are old scratches and the paintwork has naturally distressed in the appropriate areas with some