A Carved c.1900 Marble Plaque Incised "Miss Shaw, Teacher of Music, Violin and Piano" sub-Curios and underneath

and underneath

selling for £580

The tale of how this bird is so unusually preserved comes through a tale of unrequited love

Depth: 7 inches (at shelves/maximum)

" Hartley told the Telegraph in 1962

A Carved c.1900 Marble Plaque Incised "Miss Shaw, Teacher of Music, Violin and Piano" sub-Curios and underneathOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Width: 15 inches Height: 8 inches Depth: 1 inch The inch thick shaped marble plaque with canted corners and holes for wall mounting, the face hand incised Miss Shaw, Teacher of Music, Violin and Piano survives from the late Victorian period. The condition of the plaque is good and stable. There are sections of cracking around a drilled hole to one