A Late 19thC Life-Size Plaster Cast of a Human Hand sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope having a gadrooned dished moulded

having a gadrooned dished moulded circular tilt-top raised on a handsomely carved support formed as a scalloped top to three dolphins on a scrolling rococo base

Back in the 1800's

The drawer runs cleanly

The statue was bought by Pope Clement XII in 1733 and went on to form the nucleus of the Capitoline Museums

and the dolphin itself could represent affection

A Late 19thC Life-Size Plaster Cast of a Human Hand sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope having a gadrooned dished mouldedOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 4. 25 Width: 7Depth: 6 (at base)The original Late Victorian period plaster hand, well modelled with fine details to the palm and in life size cut at the wrist, the whole to a moulded circular plinth and with the original ochre painted finish, and surviving from either a commercial or charity related setting. The hand and the plinth has some expected wear to the finish but