A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 antiques seven concave spindles with open

seven concave spindles with open arms and turned legs and stretcher on sleigh rockers with traces of painted gilt floral decoration to both the seat and top rail

With the soul in the shining eyes of him

the kitchen

she appears to be depicted almost against a halo which would of course be the outline to her ruff which was par for the course in this period

and shows a good amount of wear and weathering to the whole with lichen deposits having been outside for a good length of time

A Group of Eight Mid-19thC Hand-Coloured Engravings of British Birds c.1857 antiques seven concave spindles with openOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 10. 75 Width: 7. 25 (each) The octet of early Victorian period engravings, with the finely executed hand colouring to each, being original illustrations published in 1857 in Henry Leonard Meyer's 'Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs', hailing from the middle of the nineteenth century and showing a wonderful and vibrant array of birds, each now framed for