A Rare Group of Eight Early 20thC Memorial Marble Headstones for Beloved Pets c.1895-1916 sub-Curios Rod mounted on an ebonised

Rod mounted on an ebonised circular plinth stand the dried starfish having five rays radiating from the central disc

and seriously

fitted into a shadow-box arched frame

Width: 89 inches

survives from the middle of the twentieth century

A Rare Group of Eight Early 20thC Memorial Marble Headstones for Beloved Pets c.1895-1916 sub-Curios Rod mounted on an ebonisedOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: 59, The Avenue, West Ealing, London Date: c. 1894 1916 Measurements vary, see below. The rare group of eight miniature memorial headstones of arched form carved in marble with leaded insert lettering inscriptions of pet names, both for dogs and cats, many dated, and some with epitaphs, each surviving from the zeniths of the Victorian period and into Edwardian times. Each headstone is in