Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Molded and Polychrome Painted Plaster Phrenology Head, late 19th century, with cut-away showing the brain, regions of the brain and scalp labeled with various senses and attributes, base labeled "FOWLER'S BUST/THE MENTAL FACULTIES," ht. 12 in.
Provenance: Howard Feldman Collection, Sotheby's, October 9, 1998, Lot 1156.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $800-1,200
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Keywords
Howard Feldman, Sybil KernJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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