A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 antiques The very scarce child’s cheval

The very scarce child’s cheval mirror of the appropriate small proportions in beautifully original condition

have been used for their construction

now distressed with age

black and gold lace and silk garment

A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 antiques The very scarce child’s chevalOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1730Width: 45. 5Depth: 6Height: 12 (all at extremities & with backing board)The giltwood and gesso hand carved fragment, still of good imposing size, having been part of a larger composition, showing a heraldic eagle amongst foliage and a large flower head to a scaled sea serpent all above a helix twist frieze, having remnants of a pully or wench system to the reverse, possibly surviving from