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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 315792, member: 5833"]That's what I thought I was seeing too. So that's sorted.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is my suspicion, plaster or other molded material, & the reason I asked about the appearance of the back. They look solid head on, but one pic shows what you would expect to see if the heads are molded & being held in the wooden frames:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104739[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, he tumbled onto another thread. I'm very fond of him, inebriated as he is. After looking at as many similar carvings as I could find on line, I concluded the lower one, which used to be for sale by a London dealer, is by the same hand & quite possibly a companion piece. The composition must have been a known one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104741[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A painting, by (circle of) Piat Josef Sauvage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 315792, member: 5833"]That's what I thought I was seeing too. So that's sorted. That is my suspicion, plaster or other molded material, & the reason I asked about the appearance of the back. They look solid head on, but one pic shows what you would expect to see if the heads are molded & being held in the wooden frames: [ATTACH=full]104739[/ATTACH] Yes, he tumbled onto another thread. I'm very fond of him, inebriated as he is. After looking at as many similar carvings as I could find on line, I concluded the lower one, which used to be for sale by a London dealer, is by the same hand & quite possibly a companion piece. The composition must have been a known one: [ATTACH=full]104741[/ATTACH] A painting, by (circle of) Piat Josef Sauvage.[/QUOTE]
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