A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios The fact that the egg

The fact that the egg and dart moulding is to all sides of the top and that the rear legs have the fluted pilaster detail would suggest that the item was intended to be placed away from the wall and thus visible on the reverse but this aspect lacks a frieze and scroll angle brackets

Although having been slightly over cleaned verso

The distinctive red and white fly agaric is said to have inspired both Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Caroll’s hookah-smoking caterpillar and also

sometimes bat wings

which has recently been rewired

A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman sub-Curios The fact that the eggOrigin: Probably English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 15 Depth: 7 Width: 11 (at extremities) The particularly large life size three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in ochre, of a large gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of particularly pleasing proportions with good detailing, surviving from the middle of the twentieth century and probably of English origin. In mainly