A Macabre 19thC Plaster Human Skull for Medical Use

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A Macabre 19thC Plaster Human Skull for Medical UseOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown* Date: c. 1870 Circumference: 17. 75 inches In original condition, with no cracks or repairs, the life size human skull used for phrenological and medical study is cast in plaster. Based on the idea that as the skull takes its shape from the brain, the surface of the skull can be read as an index of psychological aptitudes and tendencies, skulls such as this were part of the jigsaw of

Style: Tüserkan

that really comes to life in front of a roaring fire

Well proportioned

King Leopold of Belgium

The box is further decorated with inlaid dots of animal bone

the weighing scales stamped with the iconic Boots logo

With the masts went by the board

and one could buy an electric helmet

for display inside them

The Irish 8 being a sought after cuff

The first would have held TR: SENEGA which is Tinctura of Senega root

The use of porcupine quill to decorate boxes for export was common in India in the nineteenth-century