COLLECTION OF FIVE DECORATIVE PIECES - MID 20TH CENTURY

OVERVIEW:
A CHARMING ASSEMBLAGE OF FIVE DECORATIVE OBJECTS SPANNING CERAMICS, AND TIMBER CONSTRUCTION. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A CLASSICAL PLASTER BUST, TWO HAND-PAINTED CARICATURE CHARACTER HEADS, TWO BLACK SCULPTURAL FIGURINES, AND A TIMBER VESSEL WITH INTEGRATED METAL GAUGE OR COMPASS ELEMENT. EACH PIECE DEMONSTRATES INDIVIDUAL CRAFTSMANSHIP AND PERIOD CHARACTER.

SPECIFICATIONS:

CERAMIC BUST: WHITE PORTRAIT HEAD WITH FINELY MODELLED FEATURES, BEARD DETAIL, AND PERIOD HAIRSTYLE. INSCRIBED 'KING O'MALLEY' TO THE BASE, IDENTIFYING THE SUBJECT AS AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL FIGURE. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 28 CM. MINOR SURFACE WEAR AND DUST ACCUMULATION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND DISPLAY.

CARICATURE HEAD FIGURINES (PAIR): TWO HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC OR RESIN CHARACTER HEADS WITH EXAGGERATED FEATURES IN THE CARICATURE TRADITION. BOTH FEATURE OPEN MOUTHS WITH RED INTERIOR DETAIL, PROMINENT NOSES, AND PERIOD COSTUME ELEMENTS. EACH MOUNTED ON A CERAMIC BASE WITH HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTIONS IN BLACK INK. HEIGHTS APPROXIMATELY 18-20 CM EACH. MINOR CRAZING TO PAINTED SURFACES, CONSISTENT WITH AGE.

BLACK FIGURINES (PAIR): TWO ABSTRACT OR STYLISED BLACK SCULPTURAL FORMS, POSSIBLY REPRESENTING FIGURES IN MOTION OR TRADITIONAL COSTUME. SOLID CONSTRUCTION WITH SMOOTH FINISH. HEIGHTS APPROXIMATELY 15-18 CM. SURFACE PATINA INTACT.

WOODEN VESSEL: TIMBER VESSEL WITH ORGANIC, ROUGHLY FINISHED EXTERIOR IN WARM BROWN TONES. INSET METAL CIRCULAR GAUGE OR COMPASS ELEMENT TO THE UPPER SURFACE, FEATURING A DIAL MECHANISM WITH RADIATING LINES. THE TIMBER SHOWS NATURAL WEATHERING AND AGE-RELATED SURFACE VARIATION. DIAMETER APPROXIMATELY 12 CM, HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 8 CM.

CONDITION: THE COLLECTION SHOWS HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR APPROPRIATE TO MID-20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE OBJECTS. THE PLASTER BUST DISPLAYS MINOR DUST AND SURFACE WEAR. THE CARICATURE HEADS RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL HAND-PAINTED FINISHES WITH MINOR CRAZING TYPICAL OF CERAMIC AGE. THE BLACK FIGURINES SHOW STABLE PATINA. THE WOODEN VESSEL EXHIBITS NATURAL TIMBER WEATHERING WITH THE METAL COMPONENT REMAINING FUNCTIONAL AND INTACT. NO MAJOR DAMAGE, LOSSES, OR RESTORATION EVIDENT. ALL PIECES ARE STABLE AND SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY.

Item Size: Height: 10cm, Width: 20cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 0.7Kg

Condition: Good

548763+45

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