A Very Pretty 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole c.1840 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The condition of the pipe

The condition of the pipe is good in that the colours are vivid and the carving has only a small amount of loss to it though one of the branch folk has lost his eyes though the other two sets of eyes are present

we suspect from the jug being used as a posy holder

Date: Mrs Marshall’s c

and also come in their original boxes

and his adventures and antics have been the subject of many Chinese operas and puppet shows since

A Very Pretty 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole c.1840 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The condition of the pipeOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 Height: 32 Width: 26 Depth: 8. 5 (all at extremities) The early Victorian gilt gesso girandole, having a shaped outline centred by rococo style shells and scrolls, with a cup and bowl geometric design, set with metal sconces, flanked by spears, on a bow front shelf apron base, the whole originally gilded and then slightly later painted with a very well established patination and