Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios the original rectangular mirror plate

the original rectangular mirror plate now beautifully foxed

‘Field Marshal’

and an ever more difficult figure to come by in this day and age

telling his wife they are being sent to London for their upbringing

Jackson to the top in ruby red

Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Curios the original rectangular mirror plateOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Bristol Zoological Gardens, Bristol, England Date: c. 1950 60 Width: 15. 5 Height: 11 The hand sign written enclosure warning sign believed to have been displayed around the edge of the bear pit during the period reading; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' the whole of wooden construction and painted in sky blue and red with yellow text, surviving from the 1950s and formerly of Bristol zoological