A 19thC English School Study of a Red Devon Bull sub-Mirrors & Lighting with large collars and looped

with large collars and looped chains

Birdcages such as this were often built to represent monumental buildings

but the consensus that "cardinalis" from the word cardo (meaning 'pivot' or 'hinge') was first used in late antiquity to designate a bishop or priest who was incorporated into a church for which he had not originally been ordained

The quality of the mahogany is high and most importantly the glass ampules and mirrors are all in tact

The oak shadow box framed and glazed Victorian period naval sweetheart pin cushion with electric blue frilled outer in the form of an anchor having applied decoration to include union jacks

A 19thC English School Study of a Red Devon Bull sub-Mirrors & Lighting with large collars and loopedOrigin: English School Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 22. 25 Width: 17 Depth: 1. 75 The Work: 16 x 10. 75 The oil canvas laid on wooden panel portrait study of a large red devon bull or ox, with a woolly coat and long horns, shown in profile against a soft blue grey ground, the whole being unsigned, in a good quality later mid 20thc gilt moulded frame and surviving from the nineteenth century in very good order. The