A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios well cast of a young

well cast of a young gentleman

The fact that the egg and dart moulding is to all sides of the top and that the rear legs have the fluted pilaster detail would suggest that the item was intended to be placed away from the wall and thus visible on the reverse but this aspect lacks a frieze and scroll angle brackets

meaning 'boat shaped vessel' and with modern farming methods and the invention of plastic

The distinctive red and white fly agaric is said to have inspired both Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Caroll’s hookah-smoking caterpillar and also

A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios well cast of a youngOrigin: Probably English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 15 Depth: 7 Width: 11 (at extremities) The particularly large life size three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in ochre, of a large gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of particularly pleasing proportions with good detailing, surviving from the middle of the twentieth century and probably of English origin. In mainly