An Elaborately Carved Early 20thC Wooden Corinthian Column Capital sub-Curios Stars were used as motifs

Stars were used as motifs in arts and crafts ware

Roberson & Miller were also described as the colourmen of choice for Australian professional artists wishing to order a large stock of painting materials from England

stars and guls encased by a running dog border giving way to tarantula lozenges in each corner and a solitary central lozenge motif

the earlier figurines usually made of ivory or alabaster

are known as cheval screens

An Elaborately Carved Early 20thC Wooden Corinthian Column Capital sub-Curios Stars were used as motifsOrigin: Possibly Indian Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 1920 Height: 14. 5 inches Width: 18 inches (at maximum) Depth: 17 inches (at maximum) The copiously carved shaft having profuse acanthus leaf decoration, the base with four scrolling foliate corner supports surrounding further interlocking central foliate designs. The overall patination and colour to the soft wood (which is either pine, or Indian Gumar or Aini)