A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Antiques when Cooper was demobilized after

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A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Antiques when Cooper was demobilized afterOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 15Width: 5. 5Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities)The beautifully modelled painted plaster model of a large adult African Elephant with his handler atop, stood on a rectangular base; sculpted by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), the whole apparently being un signed, in a all over ochre wash and surviving from 1930s England. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some