A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Antiques By the middle of the

By the middle of the 1850s the band chariot and ornamental wagons were part of the circus

The Le Labeur art society was begun in 1898

Condition wise the paint is still vivid

because wax mimics skin much better than either wood or papier mâché

and to both the hands

A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Antiques By the middle of theOrigin: Italian or German Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 20 Height: 10. 25 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 2. 75 inches (all at maximum) The beautifully carved and polychrome painted soft wood wall mask formed as a cherub or young maiden having a pierced gilt painted scrolling top above a protruding female head bordered with gilt scrolls above further scrollwork surviving from early eighteenth century Europe. There is