An Unusual Late 19thC Italian Carved & Painted Jardinière Stand sub-Curios though has heavy wear due

though has heavy wear due to weathering over a period of at least 600 years

and various other contraptions that have captivated people for centuries

The size of the flag suggests it must have been made for and flown from a very large ship or building

girandoles reached the greatest heights of fashion (in the second half of the 18th century) in France and England

An Unusual Late 19thC Italian Carved & Painted Jardinière Stand sub-Curios though has heavy wear dueOrigin: Italian Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 33 inches Top Diameter: 21 inches (all at extremities) The unusual and well carved and painted Italian softwood jardinire stand, modelled as a campagna top set with a Japanese Imari charger, raised on a turned and carved column of three carytids with tripod C scroll supports survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. This piece has a life history