A Decorative Early Victorian Black Painted Pine Trunk c.1850 sub-Curios decorative styles reminiscent of the

decorative styles reminiscent of the 1920s for flapper-girls who had grown up

An imposing and impressive piece of natural history that illustrates the beauty and complexity of nature and the complex process of evolution

though we can make out the paper used to contruct it and the language is in German

Ned with his favourite cotton reel

Many decks such as this one were published in Paris though the game of tarot was not widely accepted in England until the 1870s when a number of English occultists had begun taking an interest in the tarot

A Decorative Early Victorian Black Painted Pine Trunk c.1850 sub-Curios decorative styles reminiscent of theOrigin: British Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 60 Depth: 19. 5 inches Width: 34. 5 inches Height: 18 inches The black painted pine travelling trunk having a fitted candle box and newspaper lined interior, the first layer of paper dating to 1866, the second to 1914, the trunk with its original strap work iron hinges and lock, with remnants of a Great Western Railway label for Paddington Station to one side, surviving from the