A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls sub-Curios The firm began operation in

The firm began operation in Carruber's Close in the High Street

Henry Howell & Company

Of oblong form with brass campaign handle

Rotterdam as Lombardia  and purchased in Aug

We have hand waxed the top and it does have a nice patination to it

A Pair of Late 19thC Memento Mori Sculpted & Painted Plaster Skulls sub-Curios The firm began operation inOrigin: 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