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An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 antiques the practice was banned

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the practice was banned

The rare sheet iron rectangular enamel advertising or trade sign reading “Funeral Outfits

until the childless deaths of Thomas Wright of Great Longstone (1755-1770) and his great-uncle Colonel William Wright (died 1771)

At some stage in the last twenty years or so it has suffered a crack from the base upwards as photographed and was probably painted at that stage to conceal the hairline

The bird is beautifully rendered

An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 antiques the practice was bannedOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the

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