A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The caramel glazed pottery jug

The caramel glazed pottery jug modelled as a monkey with pierced mouth

made from tin-glazed terracotta and painted in a manganese style with ancient Roman imagery based on a Greek classical style

The chest is in good overall order

and enhanced with glass reeds

thereafter returning to London

A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The caramel glazed pottery jugOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1875 90Height: 47"Width: 37"Depth: 5"The large and wonderfully decorative stained plaster and gesso faux bois and floral crested mirror, at nigh on four feet high, the original (?) oval mercury glass mirror plate now beautifully clouded and foxed with age, encased by simulated naturalistic wood, each bound together with simulated rope, to a large floral spray with flower heads to the top