An Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Herm Satyr Bust sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus During the 19th century

During the 19th century

rather a memorial on an estate or public graveyard

A figure in distress couchant

To the reverse of one of the leaves is pencil signed “J W Palmer Office” – this is for a James William Palmer who was a clerk at the asylum

Origin: Northern European

An Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Herm Satyr Bust sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus During the 19th centuryOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 20Depth: 6Width: 7Height: 11. 5 The well realised and heavy quality white marble bust, representing a male herm satyr figure; probably that of Silenus, with a deep furrowed brow, strong nose, prominent cheeks and chin, with tightly curled hair in waves, the whole carved in the round and apparently unsigned, surviving from early twentieth century Italy. The bust has some weathering