A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange sub-Architectural & Garden and a decorative one at

and a decorative one at that

is a climbing plant indigenous to East Africa and growing freely in the forests near the Zambesi

with short scrolled arms

Greens and pinks have been used as though the ground is the night sky

The wonderfully rich layers of paint rouse a relatively normal table into a tableau of creative activity

A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange sub-Architectural & Garden and a decorative one atOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: Wormington Grange, EnglandDate: c. 1870 90Width: 12Depth: 8Height: 20. 5 Base Diameter: 7. 75 (all at extremities)The very decorative plaster portrait bust of Demosthenes (384322 BCE), in his prime years, modelled after the Greek original held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples, sometimes described as portraying Lysimachus or Aratus, the head turned to dexter, above a waisted circular socle; inscribed