An Unusual c.1895 Serpentine & Bronze Mounted Jar & Cover

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An Unusual c.1895 Serpentine & Bronze Mounted Jar & CoverOrigin: Probably Italian Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Base Diameter: 5. 75 inches Height: 8 inches The octagonal serpentine jar and cover, applied with four bronze lizards to the facetted sides and a crab to the rimmed cover, surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth century Italy. The condition of the jar is relatively good. There are two chips to the cover and two chips to the jar itself though they arent

location and patronage

Many painters and artists documented and even performed the dissections themselves by taking careful observations of the human body

overall in very good condition

The good quality heavy bronze cast figure

This unique

The whole is in splendid condition with no losses or cracks

There is a clear maker's stamp 'Dryad Lester 30' on the underside

and the second in octagonal form bearing a maiden and a basket of flowers

and your average piglet is somewhere in the 85 to 115 range

The paintwork is in good overall order

having a characteristic

It takes its name from the French word trumeau