A Rare Plaster Phrenology Bust Prepared by A.L. Vago (1839-1896) London 1869 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope - Dante's Beatrice

-    Dante's Beatrice

The condition of these heavy busts is as to be expected from these nomadic pieces that would have travelled across America

opening to reveal a compartmentalised interior with upper slatted book shelf

There are several losses to the glaze with chips and cracks as per the photographs though the jar is in sound structural condition and it remains beautifully decorative

5”Depth: 1”The small tramp art wall mirror

A Rare Plaster Phrenology Bust Prepared by A.L. Vago (1839-1896) London 1869 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope - Dante's BeatriceOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1869 Height: 6" Width: 2. 5 Depth: 3. 5 The wonderfully evocative phrenologist bust in plaster, mapping the labeled regions of the human brain, such as 'Intellectual Faculties' and 'Destructive' via a number of printed paper labels applied to the head listing the mental faculties, and coated with applied lacquer, having been damaged and repaired, the reverse stamped "Published by A. L.