A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios “Sweep and the Whitewasher”

“Sweep and the Whitewasher”

who simply loved showing off new ingredients at dinner parties

By 1974 it had become part of the Lion International Group

great balls o’fire

There are several areas of loss but nothing that makes the bust less attractive

A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios “Sweep and the Whitewasher”Origin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,