A Finely Carved Marble Study of a Pair of Hands by Frederick Hawkins Piercy c.1880 poa-item There is also a possibility

There is also a possibility that these stands were once candlesticks

The two flanks read “Fry’s Nut Milk Chocolate…16 Divisions No

William Chipsy No

If intended for full restoration then it would obviously need further attention

presented in the original good quality ornate stiff leaf composition moulded gilt frame with inset slip

A Finely Carved Marble Study of a Pair of Hands by Frederick Hawkins Piercy c.1880 poa-item There is also a possibilityOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 11 Width: 16 Depth: 6 (all at extremities) The wonderfully fashioned and expertly proportioned Victorian period marble carving in the form of an emerging pair of hands, showing the wrists, the subject cloaked and the whole signed F PIERCY to the top flank, surviving from 1880. The condition of the whole is pleasing with a good even spread of weathering commensurate with