muscateer? bust id

Does anyone have any information on this?

 

He doesn't look like a musketeer to me. Musketeers were employed in an army and would have had some kind of uniform or at least an emblem somewhere on their clothing.
Maybe an Italian shepherd or peasant?

The Three Musketeers and d'Artagnan:



And in 1939, the Ritz brothers posing as musketeers:

 

Not far off then, has the hat and hair of the musketeer and is wearing a cape. Maybe a brigand or highwayman? I'm thinking its a early 20th century fairing probably

 

Doesn't look like a musketeer to me, either. And I don't get any swashbuckling vibe, just something more pastoral.

That was my first thought, too.

 

You didn't give a size?? A chess piece??? He's kinda cute!!!

 

A bust about 5 times larger than a chess piece. He's certainly hand made and not moulded, makes me think it could be an older piece

 

It must be huge!

 

Still, a measurement would be nice.

 

Certainly Austrian or German.

 

Bernard Bloch?

 

This is a "Muscateer". Don't they grow grapes?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17476540...b_HX2Tq63YcxZrpnAgBwJ5gjjFXQ-rrhoCISMQAvD_BwE

 

not that rare just a man in a hat apparently

 

Yes they do, sweet grapes, used to make raisins and dessert wines.

 

I would think he was a pastoral figure. Typical dress. Here's another in sculpture pair.

Debora