A Pair of 19thC Stone Lions; After Antonio Canova (1757-1822) poa-item discovered various primitive bowling balls

discovered various primitive bowling balls

The unusually large primitive folk art naively carved soft wooden figure standing at over two feet and having jointed arms

The seventeenth century French armchair

this charming group of fifteen marionettes (string puppets) with papier-mache heads and wooden limbs comprising three clowns

Sant was born in Croydon and taught by John Varley and Augustus Wall Callcott

A Pair of 19thC Stone Lions; After Antonio Canova (1757-1822) poa-item discovered various primitive bowling ballsOrigin: Probably Italian Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Width: 12 Height: 8 Depth: 4 (all at extremities) After Antonio Canova (1757 1822), the well proportioned and finely modelled stone (possibly marble?) models of recumbent lions, both vigilant, on rough hewn stone plinth bases, and surviving from the late nineteenth century. The sculptures have no major flaws and no cracks or restoration present. We have refrained from