A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Antiques they could do with an

they could do with an iron perhaps

The paint surface has taken on a wonderful patina to it and there has been no attempt to restore the picture though she may have been cleaned at some stage in the last decade

It also confirms that casts

Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins

A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Antiques they could do with anOrigin: 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