A Large & Decorative 19thC Classical Plaster Bust of The Sandal-Binding Hermes c.1890 sub-Architectural & Garden or the last quarter of

or the last quarter of the eighteenth century

Weight: 92

Scratch built

a small French paper box for beauty spots (marked ‘Collages Noirs Fabrication Francaise’ (which contains the loose teeth) and a rope noose and large iron hook with which to hang the model with from the ceiling

With areas marked as still ‘yet unexplored’ these rather unusual pictures hark back to a time where the earth still held some mystery

A Large & Decorative 19thC Classical Plaster Bust of The Sandal-Binding Hermes c.1890 sub-Architectural & Garden or the last quarter ofOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Width: 12 Height: 19. 5 The Base: 8 tapering to 7. 5 x 7. 5 After the antique, the large bronze brown stained composition plaster bust of a young man Hermes with his head turning sharply to sinister deriving from the statue of Hermes fastening his sandal c. 320 BCE, the bust surviving in original condition from the late nineteenth century. The condition of the bust is