A Mid-19thC Continental School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden It is probable that the

It is probable that the earliest standing cups referred to as hanaps had turned wood (mazer-like) bowls with covers

Probably created on a New England whaling ship this busk features images drawn from the creator's imagination with the sharpened point of a canvas sail needle and its creation would have helped pass the long hours at sea

Full Case: 1 inch Wide x 1

the head with short curly mohair strawberry blonde hair and the body constructed of a combination of paper maché

He was not only an engraver and etcher

A Mid-19thC Continental School Portrait of a Gentleman c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden It is probable that theOrigin: 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