Bristol Zoological Gardens: A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60

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Bristol Zoological Gardens: A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60Origin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Bristol Zoological Gardens, Bristol, England Date: c. 1950 60 Width: 15. 5 Height: 11 The hand sign written enclosure warning sign believed to have been displayed around the edge of the bear pit during the period reading; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' the whole of wooden construction and painted in sky blue and red with yellow text, surviving from the 1950s and formerly of Bristol zoological

The VR on this padlock stands for Victoria Regina or Queen Victoria

The Case: 9

The same corners to each base has been cut down probably to fit into a porch corner

To the underside there is an inscribed capital letter ‘N’

survive from the second half of the nineteenth century and most likely from the third quarter

each depicting important figures from classical antiquity being two male and three female

The present occupiers of the house are the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Deputy Prime Minster who use it in an official and private capacity

survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century in untouched condition

who produced 'opaque porcelain' in all the usual services for dinner

so this is not a firm sofa with fair amount of give in the springs

that is the reason they are often carefully and beautifully made

the whole a concoction of mixed periods

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