Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios The etched glass panels are

The etched glass panels are part original and part later and mostly in good order and although the taxidermic birds are tatty they remain in shape

which poured into European ports from expeditions to the East and West Indies and from the American continent

The overall order of the cabinet is superb

We believe this portrait to be of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) as it has a striking resemblance to the bust of the same at Saint Roch cemetery

Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios The etched glass panels areOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Bristol Zoological Gardens, Bristol, England Date: c. 1950 60 Width: 15. 5 Height: 11 The hand sign written enclosure warning sign believed to have been displayed around the edge of the bear pit during the period reading; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' the whole of wooden construction and painted in sky blue and red with yellow text, surviving from the 1950s and formerly of Bristol zoological