A Good c.1830s Provincial English School Pastel Portrait of a Mother & Child sub-Antiques This is a fascinating provenance

This is a fascinating provenance

with the overall size suggesting the telegraph has possibly come from a launch or tug boat

there is only two bottles with damage whilst the dovetail jointed mahogany has a good patina and a deep rich colour with a few darker patches and stains here and there from the chemicals

and they can be very decorative

The sculptor

A Good c.1830s Provincial English School Pastel Portrait of a Mother & Child sub-Antiques This is a fascinating provenanceOrigin: English Period: William IV Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 40 Canvas Height: 12. 75 inches Canvas Width: 10. 5 inches In Frame: 16. 25 x 14. 25 inches The gilt framed and glazed pastel three quarter length portrait of a young mother and child, the cherubic child clutching at her mothers gold necklace in a lace bonnet the mother holding her child sitting in a lace shawl with floral brooch, her hair in ringlets, both subjects with the same