An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Macabre- Medicine We have seen pictures of

We have seen pictures of children with parrots

History reveals that these types of couches have been commonly used in the confines of old institutions

there is a good marble copy signed by Matthew Noble and dated 1866 and this example would have been a revival of those that preceded it

or restored

sitting on large spoke cart wheels with rubber tyres

An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Macabre- Medicine We have seen pictures ofOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 20Height: 8. 75Width: 4. 5Depth: 4 (all at extremities)The unique and most certainly charming hand painted decoy model of a stylised barn owl, acting as a scarecrow or bid scarer, the whole in papier mch with glass eyes and hollow form, surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. Remaining in good overall condition considering the fragility, the owl proves very