An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios the front with very well

the front with very well carved scroll and leaf mounts

The size of this cane may point to it being a larger piece at some stage

He drew Tintin from 1929 until just before his death in 1983

and bringing "air-mindedness" to the population continuing until 1935

almost showman like and would make a befitting display cabinet for sideshow taxidermy or curiosities

An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios the front with very wellOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 2 the smallest to 4 the largest The scarce group of five mixed funghi in biscuit, each exquisitely executed with polychrome decoration, naturalistically modelled and hand chiselled surviving from the late nineteenth century. Generally in very good condition each example has expected wear, though very minimal, with one or two very slight frits bit nothing of a serious