A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Curios John Millais and Dante Gabriel

John Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Seductive and elegant is this fluted glass and silver capped perfume bottle dating from the late Victorian era

The condition of the sphere is superb with very few blemishes and a good array of small air bubbles can be seen within it

The original rope and good quality cast iron toggle fixing are both present and correct

condition is superb

A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Curios John Millais and Dante GabrielOrigin: French or Dutch Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1850 70 Height: 21. 5 inches Width: 17 inches The hand coloured, cut and shaped lithograph on paper, shows a recently deceased partridge suspended on an inky blue ground from a pinned string, within an oval inset border and oak frame with inner gilt band. Condition is good to very good, there is some general light foxing to the inset border though the study itself