A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls poa-item Width: 34”

Width: 34”

but clearly someone treasured this rouwbord enough to get it the very best of care

and the smell of garlic buried with the corpse would repel it

the whole standing on a pea green square plinth base inscribed ‘Vinolia’

Diameter: 8” (at extremities) or 7” the bowl

A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls poa-item Width: 34”Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Depth: 2. 5Height: 7. 5Width: 5. 5 (each)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