Jewellery, 19th/20th Century Design & Ceramics

ST HELENA - RARE ARTS & CRAFTS PRISONER OF WAR ARMCHAIR, 1902 an interesting elm chair with panel seat, with wide curved arms supported on curved supports. Back panel carved with crest and Latin motto Post Nubibus Phoebus, Made by P of W, St Helena, 1902. 88cms high *From 1900-1902 St Helena became the first overseas Prisoner of War camp. During the Boer War the camp had to house up to 6000 Boer Prisoners of War.