A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles but somehow wholly appropriate gilt

but somehow wholly appropriate gilt frame

with huge graphic appeal and a wonderfully ingenious toy of its time

Together with his patron

Height: 19” (all at extremities)

Width: 8 inches (at maximum)

A George II Period Carved & Gilded Wood & Gesso Fragment c.1730 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles but somehow wholly appropriate giltOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1730Width: 45. 5Depth: 6Height: 12 (all at extremities & with backing board)The giltwood and gesso hand carved fragment, still of good imposing size, having been part of a larger composition, showing a heraldic eagle amongst foliage and a large flower head to a scaled sea serpent all above a helix twist frieze, having remnants of a pully or wench system to the reverse, possibly surviving from