A Pretty Oil on Canvas of a Still Life Study of Flowers by M Clifford sub-Antiques commonly known as Arrowroot

commonly known as Arrowroot

applied with the Royal Warrant between handles

Showing a rural scene of a duck pond

The fascinating studwork may well also indicate there is a possibility this could have been a dowry box

London in the early eighteenth century

A Pretty Oil on Canvas of a Still Life Study of Flowers by M Clifford sub-Antiques commonly known as ArrowrootOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Canvas Height: 15. 5 inches Canvas Width: 20 inches The Whole: 25. 5 X 21. 5 inches Depth: 1. 75 inches Painted in oils on canvas depicting a still life of mixed flowers in scarlets and sunshine oranges, upon a chalky ground, the posy bunched in a white porcelain vase sat on a ledge, the whole presented in its original thick gilt wood frame.