A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Curios The wording suggests this sign

The wording suggests this sign was advertising for a spinner or coaster attraction

the smaller of the two

the original carved lettering to the top frieze reading ‘Ice Cream Bar’ with scalloped deco period central glass mirror and side shelves for glasses and sauces

parrots were only housed in these fanciful cages to roost

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Priest Dated to 1793 sub-Curios The wording suggests this signOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1793 Height: 30 Width: 24 Depth: 1 The beautifully worn half length portrait in rectangular form of a Normandy priest, painted in oils on canvas and in its original beaded gesso frame, the sitter wearing a priests cassock and holding a book of prayer looking out amicably to the viewer, on a dark ground, and surviving from the Reign of Terror of the French revolution of 1793. The portrait