A rare an unusual piece

Restored and rewired with three core fabric covered cable and fitted with patinated B22 bulb holder

The hand made Beech frame is supported on 19th century cast iron legs with Lignum vitae timber castor

On the 5 May 1759

The ogee cornice above panelled doors with pine backboards and adjustable shelving behind

The Foot of Laocoon Textiles A rare an unusual pieceA 19th museum plaster taken from "Laocoon and his sons". Numbered "2487" with wall hanger, probably the work of D. Bruccianni & Co but unsigned. Late 19th century. The statue of Laocon and his sons, also called the Laocon Group, was excavated in Rome in 1506 and put on public display at the Vatican Museum, where it remains today. The statue is very likely the same one that was praised in the highest terms by Pliny the Elder, the main Roman writer on