A Large Rustic c.1900 Pine Adjustable Potting Table/Bench sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The glazed mahogany display case

The glazed mahogany display case with hinged sides for access and off white interior housing a collection of exotic butterflies native to Britain and South America containing approximately forty five specimens of butterfly and moth

prominent eyebrows and delicate adams apple survives from the first half of the twentieth century

'Moorish' is a term first coined in the nineteenth century to describe Islamic North Africans

yellow and white showland paint on a lurid green ground

the realistically crafted hands with cuffs are extremely well executed in terms of the planning in initial design and the actual hand carving right down to the nails

A Large Rustic c.1900 Pine Adjustable Potting Table/Bench sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The glazed mahogany display caseOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Length: 75. 5 inches Width: 29. 75 inches Height: 31. 5 inches flat or 53 inches high (at highest adjustment) The late nineteenth century pine table having an unusual rectangular adjustable hinged two plank work surface top revealing a slatted base with cast iron fitments and pine arms to the ends, the red ochre stained carcass having square legs