A Fun 20thC Carved Polychrome Wood Model of a Fairground Pig sub-Antiques where Nomadic tribes cut out

where Nomadic tribes cut out felts that they used to decorate or honour the tombs of the dead

Ernest Forbes was an artist who essentially turned his back on fame and fortune

happy to cohabit with the slow worm (Anguis fragilis)

Period: Mid / Late Nineteenth Century

due to many simply not being preserved and thus not surviving

A Fun 20thC Carved Polychrome Wood Model of a Fairground Pig sub-Antiques where Nomadic tribes cut outOrigin: British Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 6. 5 inches Length: 14 inches Width: 4 inches The fairground pig, standing legs akimbo with attentive ears, protruding tongue and flared snout, painted with polychrome highlights on a burnished gold ground with carousel seat saddle and gold star motifs. There is evidence of a small hole drilled to the underside of the base for attachment, and Mr pig is in