An Oils on Board Study of Three Scotch Fancy Canaries by J. White 1896 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope German Ostrich Fern 46

German Ostrich Fern 46

was made in Germany by sculptor Phillip Griebel

keepsakes or mementoes

Within this period the flag included symbols for each of the provinces which were then part of Confederation

There is some amber spotting to the flag providing real character and there are ties to two corners for pole attachment

An Oils on Board Study of Three Scotch Fancy Canaries by J. White 1896 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope German Ostrich Fern 46Origin: BritishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1896Height: 15. 25Width: 13Depth: 1. 25 (in frame)The beautifully balanced oil on panel, depicting three scotch fancy or Glasgow dons, being a particular breed of canary, each sat on perches and in profile to a dark ocre ground, and signed and dated lower right J. White 1896, the whole presented in a later gilded and glazed frame and surviving from the zeniths of the Victorian period.