Huge Strap Work Wrought Iron Boer War Commemorative Bench c.1900

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Huge Strap Work Wrought Iron Boer War Commemorative Bench c.1900A rare and unique piece, with connections to the Boer War and British Military History. This pillar box red wrought iron bench c. 1900 bearing the cast iron plaque with the dedication LADYSMITH RELIEVED FEBRUARY 28th 1900 was presented to Colonel Charles Frederick Innes on The Relief of Ladysmith. Colonel Innes also received the Queens South Africa Medal at the end of the Second Boer War 1899 1902. He was Senior Quarter Master in the British Army.

Autumn holds a bunch of grapes displaying the fruits of the season

Oil and gesso in antique frame

These sculptural and decadent stone composite finials are overflowing with ripe fruit and would work as exterior architectural details or interior statement pieces

and see similar forms whose shapes inspired the likes of Picasso

Each lion emerges powerfully from a squared masonry block

For three generations the family worked with artists such as Joan Miro

This tremendous piece could not help but take centre stage in any garden or interior

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The jar has a lower spout

A style we can still relate to over a century later

A rare piece from a Private Andalusian Collection

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