A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Men worked in the garden

Men worked in the garden and were taught trades by Shoemakers

Cakes” with the rear panel reading simply “Fry’s Chocolate

gilt piping and motifs to include leaf sprays

there is enough here to work with for further exploration

Height: 19” (all at extremities)

A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Men worked in the gardenOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1730Width: 45. 5Depth: 6Height: 12 (all at extremities & with backing board)The giltwood and gesso hand carved fragment, still of good imposing size, having been part of a larger composition, showing a heraldic eagle amongst foliage and a large flower head to a scaled sea serpent all above a helix twist frieze, having remnants of a pully or wench system to the reverse, possibly surviving from