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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9845133, member: 29"]Totally forgot to answer the very reasonable questions! It’s some kind of carved relatively hard and reasonably light stone. Maybe Portland stone. The colour doesn’t come off, but it’s whitish or very light grey under whatever has been used to colour it. Which could just be old soot or weathering. Just under four inches long, one and a half wide and an inch high. </p><p><br /></p><p>They are indeed bearded faces. It doesn’t look as though it was part of something and the indent in the back might have been to hang it or for something to slot in. </p><p><br /></p><p>It feels old. I can’t quite explain why, but I’ve handled mediaeval and earlier objects and this has that sense to it. I’ve got a mediaeval brick as a garden ornament, for example. </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like it, there’s a feel about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9845133, member: 29"]Totally forgot to answer the very reasonable questions! It’s some kind of carved relatively hard and reasonably light stone. Maybe Portland stone. The colour doesn’t come off, but it’s whitish or very light grey under whatever has been used to colour it. Which could just be old soot or weathering. Just under four inches long, one and a half wide and an inch high. They are indeed bearded faces. It doesn’t look as though it was part of something and the indent in the back might have been to hang it or for something to slot in. It feels old. I can’t quite explain why, but I’ve handled mediaeval and earlier objects and this has that sense to it. I’ve got a mediaeval brick as a garden ornament, for example. I really like it, there’s a feel about it.[/QUOTE]
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