An Early 20thC Plaster Model of a Human Skull on Ebonised Stand sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope and this fine example

and this fine example

others were finely painted with mythological or figural subjects

Its construction would have been difficult and time consuming and was possibly made by a skilled father for his child

The painted three quarter bust death mask of an African male

We tend to agree

An Early 20thC Plaster Model of a Human Skull on Ebonised Stand sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope and this fine exampleOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 6 or 7 on stand Width: 5 or 10. 25 diameter on stand Depth: 7 or 10. 25 diameter on stand With a beautiful patina, the model human skull cast in plaster and hand painted in good detail with the suture lines showing, the whole possibly used for phrenological and medical study, surviving from the early twentieth century period on a nineteenth century ebonised circular