An Unusual Early 20thC Novelty Carved Table Lamp Modelled as a Parrot c.1920 sub-Art & Sculpture who had a huge collection

who had a huge collection of marionettes

tile making first became an industry in Britain in the thirteenth century and were often laid in repeated patterns or in two or fours to form large patterns

of high Victoriana

Comparable handmade fishing boat models continue to attract strong interest from collectors of maritime folk art and vernacular objects

County Durham

An Unusual Early 20thC Novelty Carved Table Lamp Modelled as a Parrot c.1920 sub-Art & Sculpture who had a huge collectionOrigin: Probably German Black Forest Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Height: 26 Depth: 8 (with shade) Base Diameter: 5 The unusual, and probably unique table lamp, having a naturalistically modelled parrot beautifully hand carved with overlapping feathers and original polychrome decoration, perched upon a turned wooden hooped pedestal whilst grasping the flex in its beak, surviving with its original scalloped frosted glass shade,