A Large 19thC Painted Plaster Portrait Library Bust of St. Patrick; Ex Milford House

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A Large 19thC Painted Plaster Portrait Library Bust of St. Patrick; Ex Milford HouseOrigin: Irish Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Milford house, Co. Carlow, Ireland Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 26 Width: 16 Depth: 9 (all at extremities) Base: 8 square The large late Victorian plaster library bust depicting St. Patrick with a flowing beard, wearing ceremonial robes with celtic motifs, and a bejewelled mitre hat, the whole on a stepped socle square base, showing the original laurel green paint now beautifully worn with age, and

Seen in traditional English country house gardens

commensurate with age has a few areas chipping though this is of course part of the appeal

The single chair

though the colours are still very vivid

the piece doesn’t suffer from any rotting or spoiling

the cover of domed form with a kiku-form knop with heart shaped piercings

The large mid-Victorian Gothic Revival oak refectory table having a rectangular three plank top over a moulded edge

Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe

The wear is to be found in all of the right places such as the ring handle area

though one has some small surface wear to the coloured surface

rounded shoulder merging with long narrow neck

It would have been part of a larger composition and the quality of the piece is very fine with churches being where the finest quality furniture and adornments were commissioned for during this period

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