An Interesting Part Set of Mid 19thC Neapolitan Moulded Plaster & Straw Filled Creche Figures sub-Antiques Beautifully aged rosewood with a

Beautifully aged rosewood with a patina that is full of character

Venus sprang up from the sea when the testicles of Uranus had been cut off and thrown into the ocean

a tall umbelliferous plant found in the north of Bokhara in present day Uzbekistan

and one of the last he designed

The painting is decorative as is but could be extensively cleaned

An Interesting Part Set of Mid 19thC Neapolitan Moulded Plaster & Straw Filled Creche Figures sub-Antiques Beautifully aged rosewood with aOrigin: Naples, Italy Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Chastleton House, Oxfordshire, UK Date: c. 1850 Figure Heights: 14 & 17 inches respectively The part set of Neapolitan moulded plaster and straw filled crche figures, comprising two standing males and a cow, all on rectangular section wooden bases survive from mid nineteenth century Naples. The condition of the figures is poor but hugely decorative, the clothing now almost entirely lost,