A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Natural History depicted three quarter length and

depicted three quarter length and painted in oils on canvas

freestanding with an open mouth baring its teeth

chamber pots

Woodbridge

Design way ahead of its time

A Painted Plaster Sculpture of an Elephant & Handler; Frederick Thomas Daws; (1878-1956) sub-Natural History depicted three quarter length andOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 15Width: 5. 5Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities)The beautifully modelled painted plaster model of a large adult African Elephant with his handler atop, stood on a rectangular base; sculpted by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), the whole apparently being un signed, in a all over ochre wash and surviving from 1930s England. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some