A Rare 19thC Painted & Gilded Cast Iron Caduceus Apothecarist’s Trade Sign c.1880 poa-item but from a dressmaking studio

but from a dressmaking studio in her father’s house established a company making felt toys

with yet a further and more subtle

Due to the uncertain nature of his father's income

this wonderfully unusual and graphical set is guaranteed to bring a few smiles to those of a certain political disposition

The mount in the frame does suffer from some spotting as shown but we think this serves well in a decorative sense

A Rare 19thC Painted & Gilded Cast Iron Caduceus Apothecarist’s Trade Sign c.1880 poa-item but from a dressmaking studioOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870 80Width: 11Depth: 0. 75Height: 18The scarce and well cast iron trade shop sign, in the form of the Caduceus, being a short staff entwined by two serpents and surmounted by wings and terminating to a pommel end, showing several layers of paint, a black painted surface over an earlier green and then a gilded base, the whole hailing from a Victorian apothecary shop of nineteenth