A Scare & Early Carved & Painted Pine Folk Art Phrenology Head c.1850-60 sub-Art & Sculpture 36" Wide Overall

36" Wide Overall

This particular pair are a little more subtle in design than other more ornate examples of this period and were made to be placed on a table but there were those that could be attached to a person's clothes

Lawrence who visited him in Pontesbury

The escutcheons are of good quality and unusual to be found on a pine chest of this type and the knob handles are all original which makes for a nice change

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A Scare & Early Carved & Painted Pine Folk Art Phrenology Head c.1850-60 sub-Art & Sculpture 36" Wide OverallOrigin: English or American Period: Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 60 Height: 14. 75 Base: 9 x 9 Depth: 10. 5 The folk art hand painted and carved pine phrenologist bust of generous proportions, being disproportionate and larger than life in size, on a shaped base, mapping the labeled regions of the human brain, such as lust, addiction and gullibility with each section painted within black and cream outlines on an ochre base, the whole in