An Important c.1900 Plaster Phrenology Bust of Dr Franz Gall by Professor Joseph Millott Severn of Brighton sub-Curios This example would sit particularly

This example would sit particularly well on wooden floorboards

and is widely used to market cigarettes sold in India today

Rene the cat

The pleasingly designed pouch shaped body with a stylized chrysanthemum/fern motif-repeating pattern on crushed velvet

is an appealing one that gives off a distinctive tang of the Far East

An Important c.1900 Plaster Phrenology Bust of Dr Franz Gall by Professor Joseph Millott Severn of Brighton sub-Curios This example would sit particularlyOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1897 1910 Height: 11. 75 inches Base Diameter: 5. 5 inches Cranium Circumference: 24 inches (at maximum) The plaster phrenologist bust on circular pedestal base inscribed Dr Gall to the front, and to the back by J M Severn Brighton survives from the turn of the nineteenth century. The condition of the bust is fair to good with some surface chipping to the top