A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Throughout his life Count Sardo

Throughout his life Count Sardo Numsie set out to command the attention of the world

The decorative pair of verdigris copper architectural clock hands

One of the major introductions I had to ceramics was digging Neolithic iron age and roman samien shards on archaeological digs somewhere in Wales while trying to survive as an art student in Birmingham

the pieces are heated in a kiln oven

This particular pair are a little more subtle in design than other more ornate examples of this period and were made to be placed on a table but there were those that could be attached to a person's clothes

A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Throughout his life Count SardoOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Width: 21. 5Height: 16. 5Depth: 1. 5 (in frame)In entirely original condition, the provincial oil on canvas painting of a youth with a stallion and hunting dog amidst classic rural French countryside walking upon a track by a river side, painted in the nave style by a journeying Englishman, and housed in its original time worn frame, signed and dated 1880 M. Gilbert to the lower right,