An Early/Mid 20thC Papier-Mâché Model of a Human Skull on Marble Stand reserved grinding and polishing

grinding and polishing

remaining vivid with only minimal spotting and discoloration

the sides with further decoration depicting bamboo

25 inches (the shelves)

the whole standing on a buff painted rectangular wooden plinth base

An Early/Mid 20thC Papier-Mâché Model of a Human Skull on Marble Stand reserved grinding and polishingOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 11. 5 Width: 6 Depth: 6 (all on plinth) With a beautiful patina, the model human skull cast in papiermache and hand painted in good detail with the suture lines showing, the whole once used for theatrical use and surviving from the early to mid twentieth century period on a white marble plinth. The skull and stand are both in good original order and it is likely that the