An Interesting Part Set of Mid 19thC Neapolitan Moulded Plaster & Straw Filled Creche Figures sub-Antiques Depth: 24 inches (all at

Depth: 24 inches (all at maximum)

Beautifully aged rosewood with a patina that is full of character

The painting is decorative as is but could be extensively cleaned

He admitted that while the executions were frightening he saw them as a break from the monotony of labour and starvation

a tall umbelliferous plant found in the north of Bokhara in present day Uzbekistan

An Interesting Part Set of Mid 19thC Neapolitan Moulded Plaster & Straw Filled Creche Figures sub-Antiques Depth: 24 inches (all atOrigin: Naples, Italy Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Chastleton House, Oxfordshire, UK Date: c. 1850 Figure Heights: 14 & 17 inches respectively The part set of Neapolitan moulded plaster and straw filled crche figures, comprising two standing males and a cow, all on rectangular section wooden bases survive from mid nineteenth century Naples. The condition of the figures is poor but hugely decorative, the clothing now almost entirely lost,