A Sculptural 19thC Death Mask on Integral Pedestal sub-Curios switchbacks and showmen's engines

switchbacks and showmen's engines

with one end of the flag grubby

the name plate has spotting to the surface which is to be expected due to where it would have been positioned

The simple use of colour in this work is exceptionally well executed with only five colours making up the ensemble but to great aesthetic effect with the slate ground pierced by black

Scyliorhinus canicula

A Sculptural 19thC Death Mask on Integral Pedestal sub-Curios switchbacks and showmen's enginesOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 60 Height: 11. 25 inches Base Diameter: 4. 5 inches Width: 6. 5 inches (at extremity) The life size parian ware (?) moulded half round death mask of a middle aged male, the reverse stamped D rusiel (?) 120 on an integral plinth socle base survives from the early to middle Victorian period. In good original condition the mask only suffers from a handful of chips, which are