Oval Tray with Hunting Motif

Artisan: Natasha Beshenkovsky
Date: 2010
Inscriptions: signed and dated ‘Natasha 2010’ (on the reverse)
Dimensions: 28 x 37 x 3 mm. / 1 ⅛ x 1 ½ x ⅛ inches (height x width x depth)
Intended Room: Smoking Room
Inventory number: 2022.155
Category: Objets d’Art

Provenance: Purchased from Judy Taylor at Kensington Dolls House Festival, May 2022, where she was selling off stock from her old shop, Taylors Miniatures, in Goring-on-Thames. Judy bought the piece directly from Natasha at a fair in the USA some years ago.

This is one of three painted trays with equine or hunting motifs, by Natasha, that we bought at Kensington in 2022. I was delighted with these, as I had decided to theme the Smoking Room around hunting, dogs and horses, and thought it would be marvellous to have some of Natasha’s related pieces. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I had the opportunity to buy three! Signed and dated ‘Natasha 2010’ on the reverse.