German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper Bransby Williams View of Holy Trinity Church

View of Holy Trinity Church

which was examined by the zoologist Edwin Ray Lankester (1847-1929)

Caricature of British diplomat Mann with Florence's Duomo in the background

The accompanying text states that: 'The female differs [from the male] in having the upper parts of the neck and body of a greenish colour

3rd January 1988

German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper Bransby Williams View of Holy Trinity ChurchGerman table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper, late 16th century, (1870). Ornament in the form of a man carrying a barrel, and holding a staff entwined with a vine. A chromolithographic print from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870).