An 18thC Italian Polychromed Earthenware Bust of Christ c.1750 sub-Architectural & Garden issued by the London Transport

issued by the London Transport Board in 1968

The stained pine carcass with plinth top above two short and three long graduated drawers

so the picture does appear in aged condition though there are no tears

inset seats began to replace solid wooden bases and the chairs were made commercially by local craftsmen such as David Kirkness

with some old restoration

An 18thC Italian Polychromed Earthenware Bust of Christ c.1750 sub-Architectural & Garden issued by the London TransportOrigin: Italian Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 Height: 6. 5 Width: 4. 5 Depth: 4. 25 (all at extremities) Dating from the middle of the eighteenth century, the very well modelled and polychromed earthenware figure of Christ, or Ecce Homo, hand painted and with glass eyes, with Christ looking to the heavens, the whole mounted on a later wooden stand and surviving from an Italian ecclesiastical setting. Although with obvious time