A Plaster Portrait Bust of a Maiden in the Style of Clytie c.1870-1900

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A Plaster Portrait Bust of a Maiden in the Style of Clytie c.1870-1900Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 1900 Width: 20 Depth: 10 Height: 25 The Base: 9. 5 x 5. 5 (all at extremities) The well sized three quarter plaster bust of a lady or maiden, her hair in plats, modelled in the style of Clytie after the original Greco Roman marble in the Townley collection in the British Museum, with wear and weathering commensurate with age, scantily draped and cupped in ruffled leaves on an

however this cord is currently out of action and needs to be re attached although we have manually tested the eyes and the mechanism is in working order

presented in its original period golden oak veneered frame with ebonised and gilt slips

The antique cut metal sheet iron weather vane finial having two cut out independently revealing running horses standing on the original riveted iron mountable and adjustable stand

one with a slightly larger patch of wear to the lower right corner

There is a gilt bordered band running down the seam of the bottle and verso the pair of male figures are depicted sat conversing on a tavern table with pitchers of ale and are typically mid Georgian period dress

Asplenium Lanceolatum

of Nottingham

although not all original

aside from the absence of the surmount and apron which we think may have been present due to there being small abscesses to the top and bottom of the rim which doesn’t retract from the whole but indicates this mirror used to have more ornate cresting at one stage

This gaming aid would have been used in taverns in the late nineteenth century and possibly on ships of the same period

and there are no flaws to report aside from losses to two of the original castors

instruction and experiment

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