A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios Although having been slightly over

Although having been slightly over cleaned verso

well cast of a young gentleman

Naively painted

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

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

A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios Although having been slightly overOrigin: 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