Two Large 20thC Preserved Starfish Specimens sub-Religion & Relics within a niche

within a niche

the primitive case with pendulum and a hinged door opening to reveal a weight-driven square brass timepiece movement marked 'Whitmore No

The chairs legs are conventionally chamfered square and are united by six stretchers

The movement is untested though looks complete to the eye

set against a buff background held within a red and black border

Two Large 20thC Preserved Starfish Specimens sub-Religion & Relics within a nicheOrigin: Indo PacificPeriod: Mid 20thCProvenance: The Collection of the late William Owen (1907 1996)Date: c. 1970One: 14 x 15 x 4 hTwo: 15 x 13. 5 x 3. 5 hThe large Starfish specimens (Asteroidea), one having five arms, the other with six, each being particularly large and wonderfully decorative and surviving from the late estate of William Owen (1907 1996) and the middle part of the twentieth century. The reverses to the specimens have some loss as