A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange poa-item This plaster version may have

This plaster version may have been a maquette for the final marble bust

with the bases showing wear to the extremities

automata is not something you would associate with the brand

or Robinson Crusoe

yet one that has stayed in tact over the years and carries infinite appeal to contemporary life in today’s kitchen

A 19thC Black Painted Plaster Library Bust of Demosthenes; Wormington Grange poa-item This plaster version may haveOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: Wormington Grange, EnglandDate: c. 1870 90Width: 12Depth: 8Height: 20. 5 Base Diameter: 7. 75 (all at extremities)The very decorative plaster portrait bust of Demosthenes (384322 BCE), in his prime years, modelled after the Greek original held at the Museo Nazionale in Naples, sometimes described as portraying Lysimachus or Aratus, the head turned to dexter, above a waisted circular socle; inscribed