A LEADED, COLOURED AND PAINTED GLASS ROUNDEL

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LEADED, COLOURED AND PAINTED GLASS ROUNDEL
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Depicting a boy and wooden toy in a boat, inscription reads "O it's I that am the captain of tidy little ship, of a ship that goes a sailing on the pond"
18 in. ( 45.7 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Balfour Family
Paul Reeves

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Lot Essay

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). A Childs Garden of Verses and Underwoods, 1913, 'My Ship and I', (opening two lines)
Arthur James Balfour (184801930), 1st Earl of Balfour was Prime Minister of the UK from 1902-1905, his household was maintained by his unmarried sister, Alice.

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