A Charming & Unusual Pair of Early 19thC Continental Appliqué Paper Pictures In The Form of Caged African Parrots c.1800-25 sub-Curios The condition is mainly good

The condition is mainly good

The use of reliquaries became an important part of Christian practices from at least the 4th century and provided a means of protecting and displaying relics

This entire ensemble is original and proves charming as a slightly tired but wonderfully authentic country house piece

Wonderfully weathered

A Charming & Unusual Pair of Early 19thC Continental Appliqué Paper Pictures In The Form of Caged African Parrots c.1800-25 sub-Curios The condition is mainly goodOrigin: Probably Italian Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 25 Width: 9. 75 Height: 15. 5 Depth: 1. 25 (each) The beautiful, and possibly unique, pair of opposing paper appliqu pictures of African parrots, each hand coloured in paper and perching on water colour gouache branches, the birds behind gilded threads mimicking the bars of a cage, each being glazed and with faux leather borders and surviving from the first