A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios who simply loved showing off

who simply loved showing off new ingredients at dinner parties

“Sweep and the Whitewasher”

great balls o’fire

philosopher

A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios who simply loved showing offOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,