A Rare Child’s Polio Leg Brace c.1900 sub-Antiques with a small metal shield

with a small metal shield cartouche beneath stamped `Ascension 1909` to remind us of his many feats and acts of courage

This beautiful rug has a wonderfully quiet and under-stated design that will not over power a room

He will separate the good from the wicked

having a hinged cover naively decorated in pen and inkwork depicting a scene from ‘Tam o’Shanter showing a haunted church lit up

A Rare Child’s Polio Leg Brace c.1900 sub-Antiques with a small metal shieldOrigin: French or EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 22. 5Depth: 6. 5Width: 5The scarce childs polio leg brace or caliper, and original leather shoe, the whole constructed of metal, cow hide and differing leathers, to allow for the physical affects of the disease and surviving from the first decade of the twentieth century and probably France. The condition of the brace is thoroughly charming with the leather showing