A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios Especially significant was Ambroise Chevalier

Especially significant was Ambroise Chevalier who moved his business to Sézanne in the north east of France in 1883

Barry extended and improved the house

5 inches (at base)

the label for ‘Royal Orchid’ with canted corners and gilt border

marked: WARING & DIMES/ MANUFACTURERS

A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios Especially significant was Ambroise ChevalierOrigin: English Period: George III & Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1990 (the specimens) & c. 1770 (the posts) The Columns: Height: 22 inches Bases: 7. 75 x 7. 25 inches With Specimens: 28. 5 & 26 inches high respectively The pair of contemporary preserved Eurasian magpie (Pica, pica) specimens perched opposing restfully, rod mounted on a pair of eighteenth century Neo Classical Stop fluted Columns each with a crested scroll capital and a