Lot Essay
Beatrice Hindley made similar flowers for Titania's Palace and Queen Mary's Doll's House. Her nieces gave eighty other pieces to H.M. The Queen, which are now in the Royal Collection at Sandringham.
Details
A very fine group of miniature painted metal potted plants, in painted turned wooden bowls, including carnations, hyacinths, lupins, auricula, a cactus, dahlias with flower pot to catch earwigs, crown imperial, strawberries and a Himalayan poppy - average height 3in. by Beatrice Hindley, in glazed case
See Front Cover (16)
See Front Cover (16)
Provenance
Alfred and Ivy Clark, and by gift to the present owner.