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A quantity of Edwardian textile printing blocks
£3,200A quantity of Edwardian textile printing blocks
each thick board ornamented with delicate patterns of raised brass and steel, pins or blades, in order to create complex motifs for textile printing, the reverse with recessed grips for the printer to apply the inked (or stopped-out) block, most with bent corner-pins to prick the cloth in order to reference position subsequent prints,£3,200 -
A Victorian plaster bust, purportedly of Girolamo Benvieni (1453-1542)
£1,150A Victorian plaster bust, purportedly of Girolamo Benvieni (1453-1542)
the characterful man, his curly hair protruding from his felt cap, raising his eyes a dextra, raised on a square section socle, old-shellac patina£1,150 -
A plaster bust of Heniokhos – or The Delphic Charioteer
£325A plaster bust of Heniokhos – or The Delphic Charioteer
the young charioteer with a serene countenance,£325 -
A cast plaster bust of Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
£135A cast plaster bust of Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
the bust of the Countess attired in a lace bonnet and shawl, her head turned a sinestra, raised on a turned socle,£135 -
A cast plaster mask of Aphrodite
£135A cast plaster mask of Aphrodite
the classical mask of the goddess with hair blown back, her face framed with swagged drapery£135 -
An English plaster heraldic shield
£225An English plaster heraldic shield
the rectangular panel cast with a pair of shields bearing heraldic devices, a mitre and stag’s head as surmounts, above a scroll cut with a biblical verse in Latin, all on a blind-moulded arcade,£225 -
A small cast plaster pilaster capital
£145A small cast plaster pilaster capital
modelled in relief with an opposed pair of cranes each stooping to peck at the fruit from a scrolled cornucopia, acanthine clasps below,£145 -
An English plaster relief-cast frieze
£195An English plaster relief-cast frieze
the frieze centred with a long-horned bucranium flanked by ribbon-tied bell-flower swags and pendants,£195 -
An English relief-cast plaster portrait plaque of Hercules
£350An English relief-cast plaster portrait plaque of Hercules
the roundel centred with a profile portrait of the Greek hero, within a leafy border£350 -
An English relief-cast plaster portrait plaque of Alexander Pope
£350An English relief-cast plaster portrait plaque of Alexander Pope
the roundel centred with a profile portrait of the poet, within a leafy border£350 -
A relief-cast plaster pilaster capital
£345A relief-cast plaster pilaster capital
the capital with palmette clasps to the corners flanking a central stylised palm emanating from a pair of foliate scrolls below,£345 -
A pair of Victorian plaster statues
£11,000A pair of Victorian plaster statues
one, a group of St Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read – the standing pair, in robed attire, looking down into the pages of a book, the mother tenderly supporting her young daughter as she reads; the other, the figure of St Augustine with bishop’s mitre and robes – clutching a drape and administering the sacrament to diminutive supplicants£11,000