A 19thC Human Skull Inscribed for Phrenological Demonstration

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A 19thC Human Skull Inscribed for Phrenological DemonstrationOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 6. 5Width: 5Depth: 8The largely in tact human skull, dating to the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, having been used for medical study or phrenological demonstration and inscribed in both in English and Latin in the early part of the twentieth century in ink, naming the regions and portions such as transverse sulcus and fossa for cerebrum, the cranium and mandible

perfectly balanced on an Edwardian period turned lignum vitae bowling ball with ivorine inset

by John Gould (1804-81) in 1831

A lovely find

Unrivalled texture here

four hundred skulls

were manufacturers of refractory fire and furnace bricks

their suicidal feats

The whole is in good original condition considering its brittle nature with no chips or cracks

with his head turned to sinister

the range of lamp-shade styles increased dramatically with the spread of home-electricity use

this billboard evokes the golden era of British popular entertainment encapsulating the nostalgia of music hall

the chair remains structurally sound