A Rare Child’s Polio Leg Brace c.1900 sub-Antiques having a hinged cover naively

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

The stand is also in sound order and totally original showing a healthy amount of patination commensurate with age with only a small hairline crack at the neck which isn’t causing an issue

jugs and plaques

though the plate glass is in tact

A Rare Child’s Polio Leg Brace c.1900 sub-Antiques having a hinged cover naivelyOrigin: 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