Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman silver paperwieght and feels a lot like

and feels a lot like my favorite sort of 19th century naive schoolgirl watercolor come to life

Hand-carved and quite old I think

Cavalry insignia of two crossed sabers

This one is signed Marshall J

While there are lots of Scandinavian wooden Viking figures out there

Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman silver paperwieght and feels a lot likeI think I'd be way less interested in the cast plaster portraits created from this than I am in the mold itself, which I find super evocative and a bit haunting too, with all of its patina now making it feel a bit like a momento mori. I don't know who this man was, but there is a date of 1877 carved into the back. Around the perimeter is an old iron wire holding it together one assumes added at the time it cracked along his shoulder with a beautiful