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19TH 20TH CENTURY
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A PRUSSIAN SIDE-DRUM (ADAPTED) AND OTHER ITEMS
19th 20th Century
A drum adapted for use as a wastepaper-basket, the brass shell bearing large, wide oval plaque embossed with FWR cypher within a trophy of arms and musical instruments, the shell retaining its snares, tensioning-hook, lower skin, and red and white painted hoops (the upper skin removed); a leather shot-carrier with canvas lining and two small bolts for a handle (handle now missing), now mounted with a soldier's brass Victorian 'Albert'-pattern helmet-plate of the Shropshire Yeomanry for use as an ornamental wastepaper-basket; another wastepaper-basket, fitted with simulated tensioning-ropes and bearing a representation of the Napoleonic Arms; and another wastepaper-basket, decorated with a copy of a print depicting an officer of the 2nd Life Guards (4)
19th 20th Century
A drum adapted for use as a wastepaper-basket, the brass shell bearing large, wide oval plaque embossed with FWR cypher within a trophy of arms and musical instruments, the shell retaining its snares, tensioning-hook, lower skin, and red and white painted hoops (the upper skin removed); a leather shot-carrier with canvas lining and two small bolts for a handle (handle now missing), now mounted with a soldier's brass Victorian 'Albert'-pattern helmet-plate of the Shropshire Yeomanry for use as an ornamental wastepaper-basket; another wastepaper-basket, fitted with simulated tensioning-ropes and bearing a representation of the Napoleonic Arms; and another wastepaper-basket, decorated with a copy of a print depicting an officer of the 2nd Life Guards (4)