A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Antiques Origin: Belgium

Origin: Belgium

and it is from these storage bottles that medicines would have been mixed

and on a red velvet carpet with gilt border

He named it sal mirabilis (miraculous salt)

A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Antiques Origin: BelgiumOrigin: French or Dutch Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1850 70 Height: 21. 5 inches Width: 17 inches The hand coloured, cut and shaped lithograph on paper, shows a recently deceased partridge suspended on an inky blue ground from a pinned string, within an oval inset border and oak frame with inner gilt band. Condition is good to very good, there is some general light foxing to the inset border though the study itself