A Scarce Early Mummified Rat Under a Glass Dome From Furness Abbey, Lancashire sub-Curios and one that is in

and one that is in excellent condition

This has a single piece of wood curved round the chair to form the arms and the back

It has a wonderful variegated sprouting rim

This is pure dramatic religious artwork for your moody interior where suffering is elevated to be hugely aesthetically pleasing

the panel has paint flaking to several areas and scuffs commensurate with age (it was of course part of a travelling troupe) but structurally it is sound

A Scarce Early Mummified Rat Under a Glass Dome From Furness Abbey, Lancashire sub-Curios and one that is inOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 6 inches (the Dome) Diameter: 5. 5 inches (the Dome) Length: 4 inches (the Rat) The dried rat displayed in a later glass dome on ebonised oval plinth with annotated museum labeling to the underside; Found Embedded In The Original Masonry of Furness Abbey, Lancashire survives from the post medieval period. Condition is good, given age and fragility, the whole