ALSO offered at Batemans on December 3 was a wilder scene than the docile cattle mentioned in the story left.
Included among the toys was this intriguing diorama, right, of early 20th century figures by the renowned Dresden maker Georg Heyde & Co. The soldiers, shikaris, elephants, crocodiles and snakes were apparently assembled by an expat family in India as a gift to their English nanny who had kept her charges safe by trapping a deadly snake in a display cupboard.