An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios typically shown with one holding

typically shown with one holding a cub under her paw and the other a brocade ball under his

and the colour is nice and rich with a good patination

but occupied no 18 only from 1895 and Mortimer Street from 1899

Both sides of the leather surface open to compartments for storing stationery

and a wonderfully imaginative one at that

An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios typically shown with one holdingOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Chateau Serris Near Paris, France Date: c. 1780 90 Mask One: 10. 5 H x 9 W x 4. 5 D Mask Two: 10 H x 8. 25 W x 6. 25 D The life size and naturally proportioned thick plaster painted moulded effigy life masks modelled as sconces of former servants of Chateau Serris, near Paris, the subjects almost certainly of French African ethnicity, survive from Louis XVI period France. In entirely original condition with