an embossed brass bowl from old calabar painted between 1833 and 1856

painted between 1833 and 1856

Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keepers  daughter

a salt glaze candle holder by Susan Bennett

Of her work

cast  with a frieze of passementerie  in relief around the uppermost edge and the base

an embossed brass bowl from old calabar painted between 1833 and 1856a detailed embossed brass bowl or dish from old calabar. 26cm wide x 45mm high. the bowl is decorated with a central cross pattern with radiating foliage and flowers. possibly originally made as a small alter piece for one of the many missionaries who visited and worked at the calabar mission after its establishment in 1846 by the Scottish prebeterian minister hope m. wadell. large plain brass charger dishes and platters known as neptunes (a brass or