An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Mirrors & Lighting Origin: Austrian or Italian

Origin: Austrian or Italian

which were issued from 1931 to 1968

Structurally she is sound aside from one section of frieze that is ever so slightly loose

the colours to both of the labels are still vivid

Nor that the treble songsters of the day

An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Mirrors & Lighting Origin: Austrian or ItalianOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the