£2,500 - £3,500
Butcher’s Shop Diorama - A rare antique butcher’s shop diorama with its original signage “U. Lamb” and “Family Butcher” c.1900. It is complete with counter, papered tiling, butcher’s blocks, butcher’s scales, and various composition cuts, sides and joints of meat – including strings of sausages and a pig’s head; and is housed in a glazed cabinet with opening front.
The shop itself has a hinged floor with an affixed shop counter, so that the counter section can be folded up. There is a meat rail for the hanging of hams and sides and cuts of pork and beef. Tile patterned paper covers the floor and internal walls; roof tile patterned paper is affixed to the roof; and brick patterned paper adorns the shop counter, the sides and the facade. Behind the main counter sits a table displaying bacon, cutlets, chops and rolled joints.
The cabinet is glazed on all sides, has a blue velvet covering to its base, and the front slides up on runners and is strung with weights so that it remains open if required.
Dimensions of cabinet: Height 38cm, Width 42cm, Depth 19.5cm
Dimensions of shop: Height 19cm, Width 32cm, Depth 15cm, (Depth when closed 6.5cm)
There are scuffs, wear and fading to the brick and tile patterned paper.
Unfortunately we are unable to comment regarding the originality of the meat to the diorama.
Pigs head is a type of composite and likely not to be original
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
24% inc VAT*
Online and Autobids:
24% inc VAT*
