an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. a framed folk art silk/

a framed folk art silk/ wool work flag styled as the regimental flag/ colours of the 76th west riding regiment

the artist would only use a little poetic freedom when it came to the flags and pennants which are nearly always flying perfectly in a direction contrary to the wind

for falmouth boom time came in 1688

each quadrant containing a stylised plant

mr ironbar chose to solve the problem of art breakages and wastage by encouraging the women artists to transfer their designs to brass which was a far more durable and luxurious material

an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. a framed folk art silk/an antique embossed brass dish from old calabar depicting the tortoise named " all of you " the main charecter in the allegorical tale from igbo folklore " the tortoise and the birds " dating from around 1910 350mm diameter. (the dish has a couple of small stress fractures on the tortoise shell.) "The Tortoise and the Birds" is a folktale where the cunning but greedy tortoise tricks the birds into giving him feathers to fly to a feast in the sky.