An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Natural History its smell confirming it is

its smell confirming it is of ripe old vintage

London’ who were one of the major artists’ suppliers of the 19th and early 20th centuries

and therefore part of a grave setting

thus he could well have been fashioned for advertisement purposes rather than from a father to his son

An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Natural History its smell confirming it isOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the