An Attractive Early 20thC Stone Pedestal Birdbath in the Form of a Robed Youth Supporting a Clamshell sub-Antiques A sundial is surely the

A sundial is surely the most ancient of all scientific instruments and is the earliest known form of time keeping with the the oldest known true sundial constructed in Egypt around 1500 BC

Trentham Estate

Attractively styled in classical urn form

Classically inspired architecture of the Regency period was still popular

An Attractive Early 20thC Stone Pedestal Birdbath in the Form of a Robed Youth Supporting a Clamshell sub-Antiques A sundial is surely theOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 24. 5 inches Width 11 inches Square at Base Weight: 31. 7 KGS The delicately proportioned stone figural garden birdbath formed as a robed male youth, hunched, supporting a clamshell acting as the bath, the whole on a square stepped base survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century. Beautifully weathered, the stone does have wear commensurate with