A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The box reads ‘Dartmouth Pottery

The box reads ‘Dartmouth Pottery

whilst the screw off finial reveals the concealed lead reserve at the other

and two brass tubes attached to cables through which the current flows

The drawing in beautiful proportion to the size of the piece

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A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The box reads ‘Dartmouth PotteryOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,