A Splendid British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Curios brassfounder (1816)

brassfounder (1816)

The estate was inherited by John's eldest surviving son Captain Robert Wright (1731-1803) and then by Robert's eldest son John Thomas Wright (died 1838)

An exert from the excellent book How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J

This piece is beautifully worn in and has an aura of it's own with the creams and indigos leaping out

A Splendid British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Curios brassfounder (1816)Origin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1908 25 Pole Length: 50. 5 inches Height: 17 inches Width: 33 inches The printed soft cotton Australian Red Ensign flag showing the Union Flag in the upper canton and constellation of stars to the red field, the whole showing a superb consistent gentle fade across the fabric, mounted on a long smooth wooden pole surmounted by a painted silver finial, survives from the first