An Attractive Early 20thC Stone Pedestal Birdbath in the Form of a Robed Youth Supporting a Clamshell sub-Curios having been picked up

having been picked up

the whole presented in its original laurel leaf gilt wood and gesso frame with inset border

and with a the feel of a ship’s figurehead in many respects

with part of the base lacking and one of the feet has loss to its end

An Attractive Early 20thC Stone Pedestal Birdbath in the Form of a Robed Youth Supporting a Clamshell sub-Curios having been picked upOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 24. 5 inches Width 11 inches Square at Base Weight: 31. 7 KGS The delicately proportioned stone figural garden birdbath formed as a robed male youth, hunched, supporting a clamshell acting as the bath, the whole on a square stepped base survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century. Beautifully weathered, the stone does have wear commensurate with