O Radiant Dawn; Unique antiques including 'truth to material'

including 'truth to material'

a good antique taxidermy caiman specimen like this is still pretty uncommon here in the UK

Humans are obsessed with self-representation and even though this is an inanimate object it has a tremendous power to attract

Height: 33” or 18” at seat

green and black showing the Roll of Worshipful Masters created for a Masonic Lodge

O Radiant Dawn; Unique antiques including 'truth to material'Origin: English Period: Early Victorian & 21stC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 & c. 2018 Height: 38 Width: 20 Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities) The large and fine stuffed and mounted barn owl (Tyto alba) specimen*, spread eagled amidst take off from a good early Victorian period fluted sandstone tulip shaped and lotus carved urn, to a separate plinth base, the whole a sculptural concoction surviving from the nineteenth and twenty first centuries. O