A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios These bench ends would have

These bench ends would have been part of that initial tidal wave of interest in the silver screen

The large clear glass bottles having the original square cut stoppers with shield shaped painted banner labels in black lettering on a burnished gold leaf ground

pressmakers

the most successful play was Octave Mirbeau's great comedy Les affaires sont les affaires (Business is business) (1903)

There are two old hook fixings to the tops underside which one can see having been used for the hanging of papers as one stood on one side of the table

A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios These bench ends would haveOrigin: 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