An Early 20thC Canvas Board of Trade Standard Life Jacket From the Vessel Pronto sub-Curios similar to the lovers of

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The Chinese frames have some scuffing and one has a small section of loss to the mouldings

He retrieved his stuffed and mounted friend as dead game (the hunters had all their taxidermy presented as such) from a charity auction and has hung in the Hartley’s house ever since

The flag of the Netherlands is a horizontal tricolour of red

During the period this piece was fashioned IE either under the reign of Ming Muzong (Zhu Zaihou) 1567 - 1572 or Ming Shenzong (Zhu Yijun) 1573 – 1620

An Early 20thC Canvas Board of Trade Standard Life Jacket From the Vessel Pronto sub-Curios similar to the lovers ofOrigin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Height: 12 inches (at maximum) Width: 20 inches (at maximum) Weight: 0. 8 KGS The white canvas stamped Board of Trade Standard Life Jacket, and to verso Pronto having two large sections and ties survives from the first half of the twentieth century. The jacket is in good relatively clean order with no holes or tears and the straps remain, the whole with water stain