A Macabre 19thC Plaster Human Skull for Medical Use sub-Antiques and below the image is

and below the image is the strapline 'Maker's in Nelson Since 1897'

Condition: B

Their function has ranged from humble dowery bedrugs

and there is general consistent wear consummate with age to the ebony coating with a small amount of flaking

Barnum during the 19th century

A Macabre 19thC Plaster Human Skull for Medical Use sub-Antiques and below the image isOrigin: 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