A Good Pair of Dome Cased Preserved Acropora Coral Specimens c.1870 antiques the whole being parcel gilt

the whole being parcel gilt decorated and sitting on large brass castors survives from the third quarter of nineteenth century England

Lord Mowbray in William Beckfords bloodline so the name on the back of the canvas may well be a reference to this decendent

With many families reeling from the financial devastation of The Great Depression

instead of such an art being left in the hands of a few

There is loss to the lower right flank as photographed and some very old signs of woodworm

A Good Pair of Dome Cased Preserved Acropora Coral Specimens c.1870 antiques the whole being parcel giltOrigin: English with the Specimens Indo Pacific AtlanticPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860 701: 9. 5 high x 9. 5 diameter2: 8 high x 9 diameterThe Victorian preserved coral displays, showing the twig like tubular appressed clustered Acropora coral specimens, the first example with a large central specimen with fan corals to the base, beneath an original compressed glass circular dome with rope twist border on circular ebonised