An Early 20thC Hand-Painted Toleware Pleasure Boat Sign; ‘Skylark’ sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The costume for the dummy

The costume for the dummy is good quality and all original though it is obviously tired and dirty in places

he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor

the frame being in good overall order with one or two small losses

built the Hackney Empire in 1901

Length: 34

An Early 20thC Hand-Painted Toleware Pleasure Boat Sign; ‘Skylark’ sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The costume for the dummyOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thC Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920Width: 21Height: 8The beautifully time worn sign written hand painted toleware sign for the Skylark, hailing from one of the legendary series of boats named Skylark used for pleasuring off Brighton Beach, sign written in red, green and gold, and surviving from early twentieth century England. There are six holes where the plate would have been attached to the boat. The paint is worn as