A Rare Group of Six Mid 20thc Memorial Headstones for Beloved Pets c.1942-77 sub-Antiques there are a few areas

there are a few areas of loss and one burn hole to the left centre but all of these anomalies make for sensational back story

The piece has been treated for worm as a precaution and hand waxed but not tampered with in any other way

Origin: FrenchPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: 1994Size: tall 4toThe wonderfully interesting and absorbing autographed letter signed 'Marcel Marceau' on illustrated personal stationery

He would have been 52 when this painting was consigned to Christies though it is unclear where it has resided for the past fifty years

in Technicolor

A Rare Group of Six Mid 20thc Memorial Headstones for Beloved Pets c.1942-77 sub-Antiques there are a few areasOrigin: British Period: Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1942 1977Four Examples at: 15 h x 12 w x 1. 5 dThe Smaller Arched Example at: 17. 5 h x 9 w x 2 dThe Largest Arched Example at: 25 h x 10. 5 w x 2. 5 dThe rare group of six memorial headstones, two of arched form and four rectangular, beautifully carved with inscriptions of pet names, both for dogs and cats, all but one dated, and some with epitaphs, each surviving from the second and third