An Early/Mid 20thC Oversized Painted Plaster Portrait Bust of Alexander the Great sub-Curios The paint is worn as

The paint is worn as photographed with no attempt to restore any areas

The thin board ebony ground sign with gold hand painted script advertising the palmist and clairvoyant Gipsy Smith

having remnants of a pully or wench system to the reverse

A fine example of its kind and in superb condition

The naïve and primitive execution of the painting is charming and shows a soldier who appears to be a recruiting sergeant although he does not have any stripes on his arm

An Early/Mid 20thC Oversized Painted Plaster Portrait Bust of Alexander the Great sub-Curios The paint is worn asOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920 40Width: 11Depth: 13Height: 20 (all at extremities)The very decorative painted plaster portrait bust of Alexander the Great, in oversized form, directly copied from the same of the Hellenistic Age (4th 1st century B. C.), shown in his prime years being clean shaven and with flowing hair, the whole surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century. The bust has a very