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Featured CARVED 3D RELIEF OF BABY'S FACES

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Dec 22, 2017.

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  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found these 2 beauties at a local thrift store today. Has anyone seen anything like them? I googled 'carved relief baby's face' but didn't see anything like them.
    Are they hand carved? Are they rare?
    Any information would be greatly appreciated.
    AA EBAY NEW A ART CARVING BABY FACE 1AA.jpg AA EBAY NEW A ART CARVING BABY FACE 1A_AA.jpg AA EBAY NEW A ART CARVING BABY FACE 2AA.jpg
     
    journeymagazine, Dec 22, 2017
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  2. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    How neat ! They sure look hand carved to me. Im wondering if these might be part of a set called the 7 deadly sins ?
     
    johnnycb09, Dec 22, 2017
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  3. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    What are the measurements please.
    Look like mahogany
     
    clutteredcloset49, Dec 22, 2017
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    They look like putti (each is a putto). What's going on with the backs? Is there plaster residue or...? Putti_synop_2.jpg
     
    Bronwen, Dec 22, 2017
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nice, but unless I miss my guess...the wood is Indonesian...
     
    komokwa, Dec 22, 2017
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  6. patd8643

    patd8643 Well-Known Member

    What is written on the backs? Looks like pencil?
    Patd
     
    patd8643, Dec 23, 2017
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    3 1/2 ....?
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    You really have to keep the alcohol away from that central putto in the first relief. I've seen him in that state before.:eek:
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The one on the left looks like it is pyrography, with a copyright symbol?
     
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  10. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    The writing on back is price in sharpie from thrift store - $3.95 each!
    They are 4 1/2" square x 3" thick. The back is cotton or cardboard? Something soft that they had been glued? to and when they were removed that is what stayed stuck to wood
     
    journeymagazine, Dec 23, 2017
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  11. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    The price says $3.95 R (R stands for red - at thrift store each day certain colors are 1/2 price)
     
    journeymagazine, Dec 23, 2017
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  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Very different from pyrography with a copyright symbol.:D:hilarious:
     
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  13. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I bet that's chalkware with a good paint job.
     
    Bookahtoo, Dec 23, 2017
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  14. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Putti grouchy!
     
    silverthwait, Dec 23, 2017
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  15. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    following
     
    antidiem, Dec 23, 2017
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  16. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Not with the hangers nailed into them.(LOL) Chalkware does NOT like nails. Cute, whatever they are.
     
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  17. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    If the white showing on the back is the underlying material, then I would have to agree with plaster.

    If they are definitely wood, I wonder if they might be sand casting forms (used to make molds for cast iron).

    It seems odd to me that they both appear to be looking off to the side. Makes you wonder what they're looking at.
     
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  18. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    That's what I thought I was seeing too. So that's sorted.

    That is my suspicion, plaster or other molded material, & the reason I asked about the appearance of the back. They look solid head on, but one pic shows what you would expect to see if the heads are molded & being held in the wooden frames:

    upload_2017-12-23_11-18-46.png

    Yes, he tumbled onto another thread. I'm very fond of him, inebriated as he is. After looking at as many similar carvings as I could find on line, I concluded the lower one, which used to be for sale by a London dealer, is by the same hand & quite possibly a companion piece. The composition must have been a known one:

    upload_2017-12-23_11-26-51.png

    A painting, by (circle of) Piat Josef Sauvage.
     

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  19. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    They're wood, you can see the grain if you look close
    upload_2017-12-23_8-36-56.png upload_2017-12-23_8-37-40.png
     
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