Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios Having French grey coloured paint

Having French grey coloured paint over the oak carcass

As per the photographs three of the sections have taken on a lighter colour to the oak than the other three

‘Field Marshal’

and an ever more difficult figure to come by in this day and age

finely mapped and well-proportioned paper and plaster terrestrial table globe made up of two sets of twelve hand-coloured engraved half-gores

Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios Having French grey coloured paintOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Bristol Zoological Gardens, Bristol, England Date: c. 1950 60 Width: 15. 5 Height: 11 The hand sign written enclosure warning sign believed to have been displayed around the edge of the bear pit during the period reading; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' the whole of wooden construction and painted in sky blue and red with yellow text, surviving from the 1950s and formerly of Bristol zoological