An Unusual Mid 20thC Framed & Glazed Naive Gouache Painting, Signed Wadall sub-Antiques When we confronted Geoffrey earlier

When we confronted Geoffrey earlier about him needlessly tarnishing his own excellent service with his frequent sarcastic comments he merely replied

The Common Treebrown and The Scarce Copper

Papier mâché became an industry in England in 1772 when Henry Clay of Birmingham took out a patent for its making and as a result produced the inexpensive plastic of its time

The well detailed circular ball buttons tinted in black and red each with fastening loops verso showing six individual lions heads with differing expressions portraying indifference

An Unusual Mid 20thC Framed & Glazed Naive Gouache Painting, Signed Wadall sub-Antiques When we confronted Geoffrey earlierOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 Height: 19 inches without 23. 5 inches with frame Width: 14. 5 inches without 18. 5 inches with frame Depicting various animals, modes of transport, foods, objects, plants and people, the naive work in gouache on paper signed Wadall (?) lower right is humorous in tone with an elongated man, a trio of marching penguins and a figure with a cat for a head amongst the various