A Large & Well Carved 19thC Marble Figural Bust of a Lady

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A Large & Well Carved 19thC Marble Figural Bust of a LadyOrigin: Continental, Italian or French Period: Nineteenth Century, the base later Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 and later Height: 21 inches Depth: 12 inches Width: 20 inches Base Diameter: 9 inches (all approximate) The large and well carved decorative fine marble bust of a negress shown three quarter length, her head long since absent, wearing a toga shawl on a tapered plinth, the whole on a later green mottled marble socle base survives from

The plate does have some areas of wear

giving the piece more intricacy and the drawing is sharp and well defined

the whole with moulded detailing

The first motte and bailey castle on this site was built in 1080 by Osmund

not just the top and the staining to the legs is worn in many areas as are the table edges though this is of course all desirable

The music was provided by Moritz Wurm’s Orchestra and the reverse of the card shows the names of the twenty stewards

to allow upright storage by being partly embedded in sand or soft ground

Endbutt Lane

Christies and Sothebys have recently confirmed the picture as an original

the blanket also having a red cross and initials RW to one corner

The oblong single piece wooden plinth lobed at each end

Exquisitely detailed