A Decorative Black Painted Plaster Portrait Bust of Homer c.1900 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope By a competent hand

By a competent hand

The Birmingham company had shops in New York as well as London

This panel we can therefore deduce is almost certainly from one of these continent tableaux wagons as it is such a patriotic carving and as such is a proud piece of American circus history

including terrestrial globes on geared turntable stands

with her pensive face

A Decorative Black Painted Plaster Portrait Bust of Homer c.1900 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope By a competent handOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Width: 11 Depth: 8 Height: 17 The Base: 5. 5 diameter The very decorative black painted composition plaster portrait bust of the blind poet Homer, sculpted and painted to resemble the eighteenth century basaltware bust of the ancient Greek poet that was produced by Wedgwood in Staffordshire, the draped poet on a socle base, the reverse stamped London, the front cartouche with