A Fantastic Pair of Hand Painted Fairground Centre Dropper Panels Attributed to W.H.Halstead c.1885 Size:Default Title There is some light fraying

There is some light fraying to the edges of the fabric and some light discoloration to the colours

A large and decorative ‘pub’ mirror

though content

Maker's' on one side

this covetable pair of natural history specimens provides pure fascination and unusual decorative effect in equal measures

A Fantastic Pair of Hand Painted Fairground Centre Dropper Panels Attributed to W.H.Halstead c.1885 Size:Default Title There is some light frayingOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1890 Width: 17. 75 inches Height: 17. 75 inches Depth: 0. 5 inches (all open) Originating from a Halstead Dobby set or similar ride, the hinged centre dropper panels depicting two paintings of swallows in flight on a gold painted central roundel with emerald green highlights and laurel leaf motifs, the wholes of arcaded form with ruby red borders surviving from the late