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Plaster cast of bucrania

  • PC/180
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Bucrania thought to be from the Temple of Vesta. The Temple of Vesta is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy, located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins. Listed in first catalogue of casts as Roman and purchased from D. Brucciani.

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Plaster cast of panel with bambini

  • PC/179
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Bambini are shown playing with musical instruments, foliage etc. Bears "Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs Atelier Moulage, Paris" maker's stamp. Annotated "286" and twice with "Isabella".

Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs Atelier Moulage, Paris

Plaster cast of tiger head

  • PC/175
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: c150AD. Marble. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, Italy.

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Plaster cast of trophy with musical instruments

  • PC/164
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris" maker's stamp. Annotated "976" and other illegible numbers.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of section of architrave with vines and eagle in clipeus

  • PC/159
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1452. Bronze. Gates of Paradise, Baptistry di San Giovanni, Florence, Italy. Currently in the collection of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy. In 2019, this item was conserved and now includes a central fragment, which was originally catalogued as a separate cast (PC/187).

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Plaster cast of spandrel

  • PC/152
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

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Plaster cast of Corinthian capital with stylised acanthus

  • PC/139
  • Item
  • Mid 19th century-early 20th century
  • Part of Plaster Casts

The Corinthian order is the most richly carved of all the orders. According to the architectural historian Vitruvius, the column was created by the sculptor Callimachus, probably an Athenian, who drew acanthus leaves growing around a votive basket. Annotated "R. 24D".

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