A Rare 19thC Shell-Work Folk Art Figure of a Lady sub-Natural History Seat Height: 11 inches minimum

Seat Height: 11 inches minimum to 13 inches maximum

Bartholomew

Marble has always been a luxury stone and its reuse was ornamental not expedient and even in Italy it had to be obtained secondhand

This was the work of specialist artists

though it can still be used as intended

A Rare 19thC Shell-Work Folk Art Figure of a Lady sub-Natural History Seat Height: 11 inches minimumOrigin: Possibly West IndianPeriod: Mid Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850 80Height: 6Width: 1. 75Depth: 1. 5 The rare and beautifully worked unique folk art figure of a lady intricately constructed in papers and exotic shells, having a painted face and silk covered tall hat, standing on a square pine base, the whole surviving from the middle of the nineteenth century and possibly of West Indian origin. This delicate figure is largely intact