Contact Seller
Doe And Hope
Tel07729 213013Please quote Antiques Atlas.
Late C19th Sculpture Marble Alabaster Bust of Lady
Vintage Whistling Boy Figure, English
19th Century Religious Wooden Sculpture
Great Alabaster Heron From The 20th Century
English study of a Belgian draught horse stallion
Pair of Brass Temple Lions c.1900
Pair Indonesian Wall Plaques
Large Weeping Buddha
Sculpture Bust of William Roscoe by William Spence
Antique Carved Walnut Oriental Wrestlers
Plaster Bust Shakespeare after John Cheere 1709-87
A Rare Folk Art Papier Mâché And Straw Work Study
Non UK callers :
+44 7729 213013
Pair of Painted Plaster 19thC Memento Mori Skulls
The probably unique pair of ochre painted plaster human skulls, each primitively sculpted with accentuated features and with flat backs and integral hanging hooks, the wholes with a good patination and surviving from late Victorian England.
The skulls are complete without any major losses, the paintwork nicely worn as one would expect and hope for.
The sculpting here is relatively primitive with deep nasal cavities and eye sockets, the teeth elongated, with each feature being extenuated. Although it is hard to tell where these would have been displayed, they would have essentially been designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the brevity and fragility of human life in the face of God and nature. Symbolic of the transience of all human existence, the image of the skull has been used by philosophers and theologians, artists and sculptors, writers and poets for centuries to provoke meditative thought on the indiscriminate nature of death.
Spookily good fun and ghoulishly decorative.
SellerDoe And Hope
View all stock from
Doe And Hope
Private dealer, By appointment only
The Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
Get directions to Doe And Hope
The skulls are complete without any major losses, the paintwork nicely worn as one would expect and hope for.
The sculpting here is relatively primitive with deep nasal cavities and eye sockets, the teeth elongated, with each feature being extenuated. Although it is hard to tell where these would have been displayed, they would have essentially been designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the brevity and fragility of human life in the face of God and nature. Symbolic of the transience of all human existence, the image of the skull has been used by philosophers and theologians, artists and sculptors, writers and poets for centuries to provoke meditative thought on the indiscriminate nature of death.
Spookily good fun and ghoulishly decorative.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 6/JUN/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Free UK Shipping.
Date c.1890-1900
Late Victorian Antiques Material Plaster
Origin English
Item code as155a2129 / 2261
Status Sold
£695.00 
$887.72 
€816.07 
$
€
Conversion rates as of 6/JUN/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Free UK Shipping.
View all stock from
Doe And Hope
Private dealer, By appointment onlyThe Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
Get directions to Doe And Hope
You may also be interested in
Late C19th Sculpture Marble Alabaster Bust of Lady
Vintage Whistling Boy Figure, English
19th Century Religious Wooden Sculpture
Great Alabaster Heron From The 20th Century
English study of a Belgian draught horse stallion
Pair of Brass Temple Lions c.1900
Pair Indonesian Wall Plaques
Large Weeping Buddha
Sculpture Bust of William Roscoe by William Spence
Antique Carved Walnut Oriental Wrestlers
Plaster Bust Shakespeare after John Cheere 1709-87
A Rare Folk Art Papier Mâché And Straw Work Study