A Wonderful Pair of c.1800 Carved Oak Sailor's Farewell Figures sub-Curios having an unusual simulated marbled

having an unusual simulated marbled top and three-quarter gallery above two short and two long drawers flanked by similar simulated marble turned pilasters

During trade Rippingille's were always direct with the way they chose to advertise and they continued to associate their product with the global appeal of the Empire and its peoples

He was knighted in 1913

this combination is certainly in vogue in the contemporary world

especially to the top which shows a large crack

A Wonderful Pair of c.1800 Carved Oak Sailor's Farewell Figures sub-Curios having an unusual simulated marbledOrigin: British Period: Late Eighteenth Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1770 1810 Width: 3. 75 inches 3 inches (at widest points) Height: 9. 5 inches 9 inches (the figures) Height of The Wholes: 11. 5 inches 11 inches The male and female carved depictions of a sailor and his sweetheart in period dress, each on an associated oak plinth, the sailor with his hands clasped to his chest in sorrow, the lady looking forlorn with an