Reindeer Antiques has dated this piece to the Regency era.
Z. to the lower left.
Circa 1800
Presented in gilded frames.
Benjamin Zobel (1762-1830) began his working career working for the family confectionery business in Bavaria. He moved to London and became a 'Table Decker' for the Prince Regent at Windsor Castle. This gave him responsibility for decorating the huge tarts served at Windsor's banquets with coloured sugars and the Royal Court was so impressed by his work that he was encouraged to find a way of making his art permanent. Zobel discovered that the skills he had developed were easily transferable to working in sand and his patrons included the Duke of York.
Reindeer Antiques has dated this piece to the Regency era.
Specialists in english antique furniture from the early seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. Based on kensington church st.
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Pair Of Tiger & Leopard Georgian Sand Pictures By Zobel
