A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture The Ffennell family bought the

The Ffennell family bought the 18thC house in 1926 and made further additions to the Arts and Crafts garden

on 22 May 1870

This chair is beautifully proportioned

Snipe for she was dearer than the rest

A very rare opportunity to acquire an important figure that has not been on the open market for fifty years

A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture The Ffennell family bought theOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 15Width: 5. 5Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities)The beautifully modelled painted plaster model of a large adult African Elephant with his handler atop, stood on a rectangular base; sculpted by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), the whole apparently being un signed, in a all over ochre wash and surviving from 1930s England. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some