A Well Sized 19thC French Grain Painted Pine Trug sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The original oval plate glass

The original oval plate glass has some minor foxing and is in wonderful condition

Apparent flaws are the hinged sprung jaw to the skull is loose

They were enormously popular in the second half of the nineteenth century

yet the hunting

and bitter taste and is generally used in atonic dyspepsia and debility of the digestive organs

A Well Sized 19thC French Grain Painted Pine Trug sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The original oval plate glassOrigin: French Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 9 inches Depth: 17 inches Width: 36 inches In as found condition, the well made dovetailed large grain trug having the original egg shell light blue painted interior with two well patinated carrying handles and black stamped lettering C. A. F. The word 'trug' is derived from the anglo saxon 'trog', meaning 'boat shaped vessel' and with modern farming methods