shows a recently deceased partridge suspended on an inky blue ground from a pinned string
the same year as this portrait was painted
The stools are sturdy with some old repairs to the legs and a re-polishing of the wood at some stage
as it is apparently unsigned
The Val d'Osne company was an art foundry created in 1835 by Jean Pierre Victor André
An Early 20thC Carved Stone Octagonal Stepped Plinth c.1920-40 sub-Decorative Objects shows a recently deceased partridgeOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Height: 12 Width: 36 Depth: 36 (as a whole) The octagonal carved stone plinth, formed in two opposing sections, with four stepped levels, the whole beautifully weathered, and for the display of a sundial, garden statuary or sculpture, and surviving from the first half of twentieth century England. The plinth is very heavy, each section weighs approximately 90kgs,