A Mid-20thC Hand Painted Fairground Sign of the Letter H sub-Macabre- Medicine 1695–1752) who was desirous to

1695–1752) who was desirous to have the "largest and finest silver cistern that ever was or could be…" A first sketch of the design honouring the wine god Bacchus was carried out by the antiquarian and engraver George Vertue (1684-1756) and the wax models for the figures were executed by the Flemish-born English sculptor John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770)

both of which Houdini had

We’ve never seen a chest with paintwork as suggestive as this

208 and additionally an identical plate is shown in "Delftware in The Fitzwilliam Museum"

The signature to the right flank for the workshop of DeVaëre at least gives us the confirmation that the work is French but we haven’t been able to find any other information on this artist

A Mid-20thC Hand Painted Fairground Sign of the Letter H sub-Macabre- Medicine 1695–1752) who was desirous toOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1940 60Width: 13. 5Height: 15The wonderfully sign written fairground sign of good size, of the letter H, on a gold ground with the letter being in ruby red and forest green, the whole in the three dimensional manner and surviving from mid twentieth century England with a copper stand. In super overall condition, the piece does not suffer from any losses, with merely wear commensurate