A Painted Plaster Sculpture of a Polar Bear Dated to 1934; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Natural History there are no signs of

there are no signs of infestation and the hair and fabric only have minor losses apart from two or three figures where the fabric is soft and deteriorating

These pieces have become extremely collectable and so have been reproduced since the middle part of the 19th century and this piece is a typical example of these later copies

but all is consummate with age with a card that has been in use for exactly one hundred and twenty five years

The dozen antique hand-coloured lithographs published in 1864 in London for "The Wild Flowers of Great Britain" by Robert Hogg and George W

retaining many of the original teeth and surviving from The Horniman Collection

A Painted Plaster Sculpture of a Polar Bear Dated to 1934; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Natural History there are no signs ofOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1934Height: 16Width: 5Depth: 14 (all at extremities)The superb painted plaster model of a polar bear prowling upon an arctic glacier as a conforming base, in two pieces, signed and dated 1934 by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), the whole being realistically modelled and hand painted, survives from 1934 in good un meddled with condition. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has