#276

English Poured Wax Portrait Lady
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$1,200
sold
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Solid domed poured wax shoulder head of slender-faced lady with angular features,pale blue inset eyes in deeply-set sockets,aquiline nose,closed mouth with firmly-set lips,blonde hair inserted into scalp,muslin stitch-jointed body,poured wax lower limbs,black velvet costume. Condition: there is restoration on the shoulder plate. Comments: English,maker uncertain,circa 1890. Value Points: entrancing highly distinctive portrait like face.