Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Mid-Century Modern inside frame measures 23

inside frame measures 23

the censer from the estate of a prominent California gentleman

From a Russian family who emigrated to San Francisco in 1906 and has passed through family descent since that time

with corresponding decoration around the edge of the case

Regency period flame mahogany dining chairs

Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Mid-Century Modern inside frame measures 23A very good antique 19th century British oil on canvas painting, seascape coastal scene by Samuel C. Bird, circa 1870. This very attractive oil on canvas painting depicts a coastal scene with a team of Shire or Draught horses pulling a ship's main mast with chains out of the sea, after a shipwreck. A figure astride one of the lead horses is looking back to guide the horses, in the distance are two more figures walking by the water's edge. The sky is