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Arts and Crafts copper, oak and Pre-Raphaelite art, with a splash of Gothic Revival too. Other items of beauty also.

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Potential Walter Crane box research so far.

The piece is oak, carved on all four sides and painted on the lid. There is also a bespoke piece of bevelled glass that sits perfectly on the lid to protect the artwork.

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@providenceluvr I miss Winehouse

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The top of the box -

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Any experts on the work of George Washington Jack out there?

New theory that the carvings may be his work, with Crane responsible for the artwork.

Would then mean we are now in the realms of Morris & Co 🤔

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@RMwritings By no means conclusive evidence, but...

Entrance to the Manchester School Of Art (recent image), and the Textile Court on the top floor around 1900.

Both as Crane would have seen them during his time there from 1893.

The carvings on the box show similarities.

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Potential Walter Crane box research so far.

The piece is oak, carved on all four sides and painted on the lid. There is also a bespoke piece of bevelled glass that sits perfectly on the lid to protect the artwork.

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@RMwritings The scales on The Old Man Of The Sea and the feathers on the body of Pegasus are done in the same way as the scales on the dragon and the chain mail skirt on St George

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Marble floor of the Florence Cathedral

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@MJPiazza2 Thank you, will do 👍

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Actress Bessie Love, looking so modern it is hard to grasp this photo is 101 years old.....

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@providenceluvr Plus the opening credits tune.
Palin is excellent too tho, agreed.

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@providenceluvr Massive ego yes, but scenery (lesser seen areas of places visited), left wing viewpoints of political factoids about said visited places, excellent grub and generally lovely people in every episode make it, for me at least, very sexy escapism for best part of an hour.

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@providenceluvr Get yourself to Doñana, there's quite a few there

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@HWarlow Can i have the Walter Crane one in the middle with the 2 swans please? 😁