the very thick three plank scrub top at one and a half inches thick and having rounded edges
There are small chips and abrasion marks to the gilding in all areas giving the piece its appealing decorative feel
and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus
the carcass still having the original taupe painted finish
unusual subjects include photographs of clothes made by the families during the war
A Large Provincial Black Painted Oak Tavern Settle c.1880 antiques the very thick three plankOrigin: British, Possibly WelshPeriod: VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Width: 84Height: 53 or 21 at seatDepth: 19The textured black painted oak carcass, of good size at seven feet wide, showing the wonderful original paint worn thoroughly and consistently with age, being of boarded construction, with a plank back and seat, over a pair of cupboard doors opening to reveal a useful storage area, the whole surviving from the last quarter of