A Rare Plaster Library Bust of Julius Caesar by D Brucciani & Co. London, for the British Museum; 1870 sub-Decorative Objects The Virgin & Infant Saviour

The Virgin & Infant Saviour with Saints

Origin: FrenchPeriod: Restauration Provenance: UnknownDate: c

The most likely candidate from this group

showing its original vanilla yellow painted surface now craquelured and distressed with age

Its high Victorian style is reminiscent of fittings found on White Star Line ships such as RMS Titanic

A Rare Plaster Library Bust of Julius Caesar by D Brucciani & Co. London, for the British Museum; 1870 sub-Decorative Objects The Virgin & Infant SaviourOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: D. Brucciani & Co for The British Museum, LondonDate: c. 1870Height: 18. 75Width: 7Depth: 9 or 6. 75 at socle base (all at extremities)The finely cast plaster study of Julius Caesar (100 BC44 BC) in his prime years, marked 1870 BM, for Brucciani (18151880) & Co to the central tablet, and hand signed to the rear, the bust crafted under the auspices of The British Museum, London, and the whole mounted on a