A Scarce Plaster Phrenology Bust Prepared by A.L. Vago (1839-1896) of Gray's Inn Road, London & Dated to 1883

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A Scarce Plaster Phrenology Bust Prepared by A.L. Vago (1839-1896) of Gray's Inn Road, London & Dated to 1883Origin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1883 Height: 8. 5" Width: 4" Depth: 5" (all at extremities) The wonderfully evocative phrenologist bust of in plaster, mapping the labeled regions of the human brain, such as 'Individuality' and 'Destructiveness' via a number of printed paper labels applied to the head listing the mental faculties, and coated with applied lacquer., the reverse is stamped "Published 1883 A. L. Vago 114

surviving from late nineteenth England

The form of this table is not listed in any book that we can find

Germany and other principle countries

Part of this examples appeal is it’s fragmentary nature

presented with a contemporary midnight blue shade

Width: 55 inches

Crace provided interiors at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace

the label for ‘Royal Orchid’ with canted corners and gilt border

on a plinth base

surviving from the third quarter of eighteenth century France

now cultivated in England in a letter to George Anderson"

now making for a decorative talking point