A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Antiques He named it sal mirabilis

He named it sal mirabilis (miraculous salt)

Both of fluted design

a plane lying in pieces

and it is from these storage bottles that medicines would have been mixed

Along with wheels and compasses

A 19thC Paper-Cut Trompe L'oeil Illusionist Still Life Study Of A Dead Partridge In a Glazed Oak Frame sub-Antiques He named it sal mirabilisOrigin: French or Dutch Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1850 70 Height: 21. 5 inches Width: 17 inches The hand coloured, cut and shaped lithograph on paper, shows a recently deceased partridge suspended on an inky blue ground from a pinned string, within an oval inset border and oak frame with inner gilt band. Condition is good to very good, there is some general light foxing to the inset border though the study itself