An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios wonderfully suggestive

wonderfully suggestive

just enough to add some character

Forest clearance and over-hunting led to roe deer becoming extinct in England by 1800 but remained in wooded patches in Scotland

The swirling ochre and deep inky black background sees the illuminated child’s face emerge as though in a darkened room

An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios wonderfully suggestiveOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Chateau Serris Near Paris, France Date: c. 1780 90 Mask One: 10. 5 H x 9 W x 4. 5 D Mask Two: 10 H x 8. 25 W x 6. 25 D The life size and naturally proportioned thick plaster painted moulded effigy life masks modelled as sconces of former servants of Chateau Serris, near Paris, the subjects almost certainly of French African ethnicity, survive from Louis XVI period France. In entirely original condition with