Plaster Artists Death Mask Head Sculpture
Located in Ongar, GB
A mid 20th century plaster artists death mask sculpture. Please contact us for a worldwide shipping quote
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Mid-20th Century British Busts
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Death Mask
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Early 20th Century Plaster Death Mask
Located in Tadcaster, GB
It is an early 20th century plaster cast death mask. These were used for scientists to study the head and facial shapes of criminals to see if they could determine similarities so th...
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Early 19th Century Plaster Death Mask
Located in Tetbury, England
Marked to the base "Henri Dufou". Weathered with losses.
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Antique 1820s French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Painted Plaster Death Mask of Beethoven, 19th-20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted a patinated bronze color, the mask with a floral wreath, having minor chips.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures
Death Mask
Located in Savannah, GA
A plaster death mask, circa 1880. 5 ¾ inches wide by 3 ¾ inches deep by 8 ½ inches tall
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Natural Specimens
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Plaster
Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori
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H 11.03 in W 6.3 in D 6.3 in
Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good example of a 19th century plaster death mask on socle base. The subject has deep, plunging eye sockets and gaunt appearance.
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Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Antique Framed & Mounted domed Glass Plaster Cast Death Mask. c.1900
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H 22.05 in W 16.54 in D 4.34 in
Antique Framed & Mounted domed Glass Plaster Cast Death Mask. c.1900
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century plaster cast and mounted death mask of a gentleman c.1900 A striking and evocative display featuring a plaster death mask, believed to date to the turn of th...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Figurative Sculptures
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Velvet, Glass, Plaster, Wood
Plaster Head Statue, circa 1940
Located in London, GB
Unique Curio Solid Plaster Head Death Mask Statue circa 1940 For sale in this LOT is a completely original and unique circa 1940 Solid plaster death mask style head, this item shows ...
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Vintage 1930s French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Death Mask
Located in Culver City, CA
Beautiful anonymous and unsigned death mask, cast plaster.
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Antique 1880s French Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Early 20th Century Sculptural Life/Death Masks Plaster Busts
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H 12.6 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Pair of Early 20th Century Sculptural Life/Death Masks Plaster Busts
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of plaster busts of a large middle-aged chap, believed to be a Welsh prisoner. Age related discolouration to all surfaces, the odd small repair to the bases of each bust. T...
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Early 20th Century Welsh Busts
Materials
Plaster
White Plaster Death Mask Male Head on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White plaster death mask male head on stand. A plaster cast of a males head, possibly a death mask or a mold for a Hollywood prosthetic.
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20th Century Folk Art Busts
Materials
Plaster
Pair of 19th Century Plaster Death Masks
Located in Gloucester, GB
A pair of 19th century plaster death masks - Price is for the pair - Made from plaster of Paris - German, circa 1870 - Measures: 22 cm tall x 13 cm wide x 12 cm deep - 19 cm ...
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Antique 1870s German High Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Trio of 19th Century Macabre Plaster Death Masks Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A trio of late 19th century death masks, a thick plaster form taken from the deceased the technique was used prior advent of photography.
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Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Napoleon Death Mask, Late 19th Century Casting
Located in Doylestown, PA
A rare 19th century plaster "death mask" of Napoleon, taken from the mold made in 1821 by Dr, Francis Burton and Dr.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Busts
Materials
Plaster
Two 19th Century Rare Wax Death Masks
Located in Haarlem, NL
Death masks made of plaster are more common, I have never seen these hollow wax ones before.
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Antique 19th Century French Masks
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Other
Plaster Death Mask, circa 1880 - 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful patina enhanced with some wear for this beautiful anonymous and unsigned mask. Dimension: - total height 30 cm - width 20 cm - depth 19cm
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Antique Late 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Burly Gentleman
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a heavy set gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of particularly burly proportions with good d...
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Mid-20th Century English Victorian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Very Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Female
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a female, showing her in the serenity of passing and of particularly substantial proportions and clean lines, su...
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a bearded gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of slender proportions and clean lines, survivi...
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Mid-20th Century English Victorian Busts
Particularly Large Mid-20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The particularly large lifesize three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in ochre, of a large gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of particula...
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Mid-20th Century English Busts
Materials
Plaster
Anthropomorphic Composition Painted Plaster Death Bust Mask of an African Gent
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H 16 in W 17.5 in D 14 in
Anthropomorphic Composition Painted Plaster Death Bust Mask of an African Gent
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
This example is a curious one, the contoured markings may be later in date than the bust itself, but it is not clear. Painted death masks are not at all common with the plaster more ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian High Victorian Busts
Materials
Composition
Good Mid-20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Young Gentleman
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a young gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, surviving from the first half of the 20th century and...
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Mid-20th Century French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Replica of Napoleon's Death Mask
Located in Hudson, NY
A plaster Replica of the Death Mask of the Emperor Napoleon.
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Masks
Materials
Plaster
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Plaster Death Mask For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic plaster death mask available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of plaster, composition and stone, every plaster death mask was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a plaster death mask — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each plaster death mask bearing Victorian, Empire or Folk Art hallmarks is very popular.
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