An Early 20thC Green Painted Plaster Bust of a Lady c.1900-20 sub-Natural History The condition of the bust

The condition of the bust is simply wonderfully decorative with the old laurel green paint having worn off in several areas and with the whole now of a beautiful sea green colour overall and with the piece not having any restoration or over-painting

The particularly atmospheric and increasingly scarce early Victorian leather fire bucket retaining its original japanned decoration and sign written City of London arms and date

opening to reveal a roomy vacant inner storage compartment

The condition is unspeakably original with the frames and backing all in place

in the highest degree

An Early 20thC Green Painted Plaster Bust of a Lady c.1900-20 sub-Natural History The condition of the bustOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 22. 5 Width: 11. 5 Depth: 9. 5 (all at extremities) The striking early twentieth century plaster bust depicting a young lady, her head inclined with a contemplative, almost theatrical poise, and modelled wearing a deeply folded ruffled collar, on an architectural socle base, in its original green wash paint and surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth