Also in the same month there was the Clifton Hall Colliery disaster: an explosion killing 178 in Salford whilst Lord Randolph Churchill became Secretary of State for India
posting sentinels in the trees to keep a lookout for an angry farmer
The springing is in super order and structurally she is sound with the legs and castors all operational and sturdy
The upholstery is certainly nineteenth century and is nicely faded but still in tact
Keys for both the panel doors and the top glazed section are both present and working though they are a little temperamental
A Wonderful Pair of Late 19thC Taxidermy African Nile Crocodiles c.1900 sub-Decorative Objects Also in the same monthOrigin: African Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 The Larger: 58 wide x 15 deep x 16 high The Smaller: 40 wide x 13 deep x 9 high The full mount juvenile African nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), one larger, both being cord sewn, with glass eyes, in snarling poses with full sets of teeth, and lustrous thick skin, surviving from the turn of the nineteenth century. The crocodiles are presented in varying condition. One is in