A Charming & Unusual Pair of Early 19thC Continental Appliqué Paper Pictures In The Form of Caged African Parrots c.1800-25 sub-Curios then John apprenticed to Timothy

then John apprenticed to Timothy at Chesterfield

the whole of deep and roomy proportions with ring turned oak front and side rails

5 X 14 inches

The use of reliquaries became an important part of Christian practices from at least the 4th century and provided a means of protecting and displaying relics

The finely-observed stained 'pokerwork' or pyrography panel by Joseph Smith of Skipton

A Charming & Unusual Pair of Early 19thC Continental Appliqué Paper Pictures In The Form of Caged African Parrots c.1800-25 sub-Curios then John apprenticed to TimothyOrigin: Probably Italian Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 25 Width: 9. 75 Height: 15. 5 Depth: 1. 25 (each) The beautiful, and possibly unique, pair of opposing paper appliqu pictures of African parrots, each hand coloured in paper and perching on water colour gouache branches, the birds behind gilded threads mimicking the bars of a cage, each being glazed and with faux leather borders and surviving from the first