A Fantastic c.1950 Hand Painted Fairground Hoopla Stall Lighting Canopy Bracket Attributed to Fred Fowle sub-Curios The naïve and primitive execution

The naïve and primitive execution of the painting is charming and shows a soldier who appears to be a recruiting sergeant although he does not have any stripes on his arm

Origin: Probably North America

Introduced by the Normans in the 10th Century (or even earlier perhaps by the Romans) fallow deer are intermediate in size between roe and red deer

depicting a series of seven nude or semi-nude bathers gathered at a pool

A Fantastic c.1950 Hand Painted Fairground Hoopla Stall Lighting Canopy Bracket Attributed to Fred Fowle sub-Curios The naïve and primitive executionOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 Width: 25. 5 inches Height: 36 inches Depth: 3 inches The three foot hand painted lighting bracket from a fairground hoopla stall decorated with highly stylised wing and bulls eye motifs, and having four light bulb fitments and cast iron fittings, survives from the middle of the twentieth century. The bracket remains entirely untouched, un cleaned and un restored and is