A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios the most successful play was

the most successful play was Octave Mirbeau's great comedy Les affaires sont les affaires (Business is business) (1903)

There are two old hook fixings to the tops underside which one can see having been used for the hanging of papers as one stood on one side of the table

Art Nouveau is like the baroque style in that it is theatrical and often borrows the principle asymmetry from Japanese art

and predominantly displayed microscopes and lanternslides

The best Gothic sculptors were employed on architectural decoration such as this work

A Pair of 20thC Taxidermy Magpies Mounted on a Pair of 18thC Neo-Classical Columns sub-Curios the most successful play wasOrigin: English Period: George III & Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1990 (the specimens) & c. 1770 (the posts) The Columns: Height: 22 inches Bases: 7. 75 x 7. 25 inches With Specimens: 28. 5 & 26 inches high respectively The pair of contemporary preserved Eurasian magpie (Pica, pica) specimens perched opposing restfully, rod mounted on a pair of eighteenth century Neo Classical Stop fluted Columns each with a crested scroll capital and a