Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman wooden envelope made by someone a hundred

made by someone a hundred years ago or so with a great aesthetic sensibility I think

particularly distinguished by this matte green jacket with felt-like surface

but I do believe she is meant to be a ballerina

Versus Taken with Little Variation from the Tombstone of Margaret Scott

When I spotted this

Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman wooden envelope made by someone a hundredI think I'd be way less interested in the cast plaster portraits created from this than I am in the mold itself, which I find super evocative and a bit haunting too, with all of its patina now making it feel a bit like a momento mori. I don't know who this man was, but there is a date of 1877 carved into the back. Around the perimeter is an old iron wire holding it together one assumes added at the time it cracked along his shoulder with a beautiful