An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios almost showman like and would

almost showman like and would make a befitting display cabinet for sideshow taxidermy or curiosities

The size of this cane may point to it being a larger piece at some stage

some 250 of them

Omersa created their first leather pig in 1927

crocodiles and snakes for the reptile cage and these carvings could have therefore represented the peacock

An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios almost showman like and wouldOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 2 the smallest to 4 the largest The scarce group of five mixed funghi in biscuit, each exquisitely executed with polychrome decoration, naturalistically modelled and hand chiselled surviving from the late nineteenth century. Generally in very good condition each example has expected wear, though very minimal, with one or two very slight frits bit nothing of a serious