A Fine 20thC Male Portrait Mannequin Head sub-Curios it was London that was

it was London that was the main hosiery area in England

Recovered from an unidentified wreck in the South China Sea

but nonetheless is overall in good and attractive condition

This pair would’ve almost certainly been one offs

knowledge of which flowed to the West in the nineteenth century through oriental imports

A Fine 20thC Male Portrait Mannequin Head sub-Curios it was London that wasOrigin: British Period: Mid Late Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 80 Height: 10 inches Circumference: 21 inches (at temple) The artists study plaster modelled mannequin head of an older man, hand painted with blown glass grey eyes, realistically rendered eyelashes, grey curly hair and moustache, having a placid yet confident and knowing expression with closed mouth and fixed gaze, survives from the mid to late twentieth century. The