A Mid-20thC Cast Composition Stone Scallop Shell Bird Bath antiques the head stick travelling to

the head stick travelling to the bottom board of the body with peg into which the pin fits giving the head a 360 degree rotation

and these are usually identifiable by the language of the inscriptions and the presence of a miniature standard card in the corner of the design

Ferns and fern motifs appeared everywhere

makes them infinitely more appealing than the average still life and have real decorators attraction

There is a prominent network of craquelure as photographed

A Mid-20thC Cast Composition Stone Scallop Shell Bird Bath antiques the head stick travelling toOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1950 60Width: 21Height: 24Depth: 19 (all at extremities & on ebonised stand) The well modelled cast stone bird bath, modelled as an open scallop shell on a spiral turned socle column and plinth base; with an added associated ebonised plinth base, the whole surviving from the middle of the twentieth century. The bird bath is in three sections so it is easily moved. It has weathering