A Super British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Antiques Overall the book trough is

Overall the book trough is in very good condition with one or two small gauge marks and a very small area of old worm

The Tea Tray Company made petalled horns its speciality

with clearly ringed and twisted black horns mounted on a shield and ready to hang

obviously the fair hand of the shopkeeper whose sign this was

The rich mahogany stands having beehive turned reeded knops and incised foliate stems

A Super British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Antiques Overall the book trough isOrigin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1908 25 Pole Length: 50. 5 inches Height: 17 inches Width: 33 inches The printed soft cotton Australian Red Ensign flag showing the Union Flag in the upper canton and constellation of stars to the red field, the whole showing a lovely consistent gentle fade across the fabric, mounted on a long smooth wooden pole surmounted by a painted silver finial, survives from the first