A Superb French Caen Limestone Carving in the Form of a Hooped Crown c.1840-60 sub-Decorative Objects one at Brislington and the

one at Brislington and the other in nearby Bristol in the area known as Temple Back

two with arm supports with each showing a later applied chocolate lacquer paint now worn commensurate with age

We look at her and she looks back

The nineteenth century had seen the gradual decline in fairs as marts of trade and the emergence of the amusements side of the events

A Superb French Caen Limestone Carving in the Form of a Hooped Crown c.1840-60 sub-Decorative Objects one at Brislington and theOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 60 Height: 6. 5 Width: 9. 75 Diameter: 8 The unusual and well carved mid nineteenth century Caen limestone stone carving in the form of a regal hooped crown, having an unusual inverted dipping half arch to the globe, possibly lacking the monde finial lost in antiquity, the circlet with a fleur de lys motif band to a lower stepped band, the whole surviving in weathered condition from