A Sculptural 19thC Death Mask on Integral Pedestal sub-Curios but wonderful all the same

but wonderful all the same

but far less difficult than one would initially imagine

the name plate has spotting to the surface which is to be expected due to where it would have been positioned

with some buttons missing

There be a stirrin’

A Sculptural 19thC Death Mask on Integral Pedestal sub-Curios but wonderful all the sameOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 60 Height: 11. 25 inches Base Diameter: 4. 5 inches Width: 6. 5 inches (at extremity) The life size parian ware (?) moulded half round death mask of a middle aged male, the reverse stamped D rusiel (?) 120 on an integral plinth socle base survives from the early to middle Victorian period. In good original condition the mask only suffers from a handful of chips, which are