A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls poa-item the whole standing on a

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

The names of the fashionable London streets full of such clubs are still used to name classic club chairs: St

The Capitoline Venus and her variants are recognisable from the position of the arms—standing after a bath

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

A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls poa-item the whole standing on aOrigin: 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