Large 1800s French Oil Painting on Board, Nature Morte, Still Life of Birds in Trompe-l'œil Artist Signed ecclesiastical stole we offer a superb original

we offer a superb original large oil painting by well listed American artist

So silky smooth in the hand

If removed

Lovely antique Napoleon III or Victorian to early Edwardian era 11" candle holder or candlestick pair

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Large 1800s French Oil Painting on Board, Nature Morte, Still Life of Birds in Trompe-l'œil Artist Signed ecclesiastical stole we offer a superb originalThe artist has signed the work just below the birds, "V Olivier", and has created a fine example of "Nature Morte", a still life of birds hung on a string and nail the most simple future meal, symbolic of a prayer of gratitude for the provision of the spare simple and sometimes rare meal. A thankful heart in simple times. Usually this type were hung without frame and in a kitchen or fireplace area where the resident will cook a meal of plucked birds,