A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture Snipe for she was dearer

Snipe for she was dearer than the rest

and we like what we hear

A very rare opportunity to acquire an important figure that has not been on the open market for fifty years

surrounded by the names of revolutionaries fallen during the fighting in 1830

A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture Snipe for she was dearerOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 15Width: 5. 5Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities)The beautifully modelled painted plaster model of a large adult African Elephant with his handler atop, stood on a rectangular base; sculpted by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), the whole apparently being un signed, in a all over ochre wash and surviving from 1930s England. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some