A Superb Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Spirits of Camphor & Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel sub-Antiques set against a buff background

set against a buff background held within a red and black border

To the cherub there is general cracking and chipping all over

with one chair having some loss to one of the stretchers

the ring necked parakeet has long been housed in his rather opulent ebonised and parcel gilt case with naturalistic setting

with a distinctly bohemian tang

A Superb Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Spirits of Camphor & Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel sub-Antiques set against a buff backgroundOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Wilfred Harris M. P. S. Dispensing Chemist, Bournemouth Date: c. 1870 Base Diameter: 3. 5 inches Height: 10 inches (Each) The large clear glass bottles having the original multi faceted cut stoppers, the Latin reading CAMPH: SPT: and AURANT: TINCT: with star and cross motifs, both hand painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks and surviving from the third