A Pair of Patented Gilt Metal Mounted & Painted Glass Hanging Apothecary Display Carboys c.1891 sub-Art & Sculpture He took refuge in England

He took refuge in England in July 1871 In his eight-year English exile

the well travelled stained pine now evocatively chipped and worn

Provenance: The collection of Charles George Weight

The depositary labels to the reverse show a date of July 5th 1935

so small that it only extends a beak’s-length around its nest

A Pair of Patented Gilt Metal Mounted & Painted Glass Hanging Apothecary Display Carboys c.1891 sub-Art & Sculpture He took refuge in EnglandOrigin: Possibly American Period: Late Victorian Provenance: The Hutton Collection Date: c. 1891 Widths: 10 Heights: 20 or 27 with chains (each) The rare and unusual pair of hanging apothecary display carboys each of generous ovoid form and formed from thick hand blown glass with swirling painted surfaces, one in a warm amber tone and the other in a deep malachite green, each mounted within a decorative gilt metal suspension collar with scalloped