A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The drawing in beautiful proportion

The drawing in beautiful proportion to the size of the piece

whilst the screw off finial reveals the concealed lead reserve at the other

This particular game appears on a list of games manufactured between 1931-1939 which was published in the January 1940 issue of the Coin Machine Journal

The sale of this and other forgeries brought him millions of guilders

There are a few bored holes present to the upper forearms which we believe were used to mount him

A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The drawing in beautiful proportionOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,