A Large Pair of 20thC Ornamental Patinated Bronze Standing Cranes sub-Antiques Nutcrackers of many types have

Nutcrackers of many types have been used through the centuries though at first the nutcracker was probably ones teeth or perhaps a hammer or mallet

written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 signaling a shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature

that one would associate with a striking French mantle clock

the design here is unusual in the combination of shapes and angles used

setting up temporary theatres seating 200-700 people at fairs or on village greens

A Large Pair of 20thC Ornamental Patinated Bronze Standing Cranes sub-Antiques Nutcrackers of many types haveOrigin: Asian Period: Mid Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 80 The Larger: 68. 75 high The Smaller: 58 high The hugely decorative larger than life size patinated verdigris bronze models of cranes, well cast and free standing without bases survive from the third quarter of the twentieth century. The cranes have the expected wear and a lovely green tinted patination that comes with bronzes and weathering commensurate with being placed