A Good British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles 5 inches (with frames)

5 inches (with frames)

Of cubic form constructed from tinplate

Themes indicative in this artwork encapsulate jealousy

and they date from the antiforeigner movement in China the Boxer Uprising

The movement would need a full repair and overhaul if it were to be operative again

A Good British Empire Australian Red Ensign Flag Mounted on a Pole sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles 5 inches (with frames)Origin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1908 25 Pole Length: 50. 5 inches Height: 17 inches Width: 33 inches The printed soft cotton Australian Red Ensign flag showing the Union Flag in the upper canton and constellation of stars to the red field, the whole showing a superb consistent gentle fade across the fabric, mounted on a long smooth wooden pole surmounted by a painted silver finial, survives from the first