A Quality Pair of Late Victorian Aesthetic Period Mahogany Jardinière Stands sub-Antiques rejoicing in gaiety and tomfoolery

rejoicing in gaiety and tomfoolery and would make good not just for a conversation starter but also as an investment in unusual vintage art

The condition is fair to good with the applied paper is dirty but largely in tact and free from peel

having brass blank cartouche ready for personalisation if desired

while alehouses simply dished out beery substances

We can only find one reference to a William Hicks

A Quality Pair of Late Victorian Aesthetic Period Mahogany Jardinière Stands sub-Antiques rejoicing in gaiety and tomfooleryOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 42. 5 inches Base & Top Widths: 10. 5 inches square The rich mahogany stands having beehive turned reeded knops and incised foliate stems, on square bases surviving from the aesthetic period of late nineteenth century England. The jardinires have not needed to be restored in any way so have only been waxed by us and therefore remain in desirable original