Giuseppe Bessi Marble bust. Who what where

Thought i would share this and hopefully get more information on it.
Is this a girl or boy? notable person?
Since he died in the early 1920's is this a copy or an original?
So many questions.
It is 8" tall and weight is 2 lbs
It is stone, not resin...





Mikey

 

Looks like resin

 

After a little bath.
Feels like stone and pin test did nothing.
Could be a composition of sort.

 

Boy says worthpoint...

PAIR Boy & Girl Giuseppe Bessi Alabaster Busts / Marble Base / 8" Tall

 

Nice, Thanks. Did you see the price?

 

Boy was my guess, although that age and that young, I suppose it could easily be either!! Nice looking piece!!!

 

The worthpoint pair are a lot whiter. Is mine stained?

 

JMHO.
I see two problems. when it's signed Studio then it's replicas during his lifetime at best; but it seems that this studio worked on after his death in 1922 using his signature with Studio.
then comes the stonelite sticker. definitely not an idea from Italy; and least we forget - after 1922 a blown-up ape ruled Italy;he didn't like Eeenngleesh at all.
I didn't find the manufacturer for stonelite (yet) but it is described as Fibreclay here:
https://buddhawelt.ch/de/Bambus/

furthermore the stickers came into use in mid-50s only and the logo and script seem to be 60s earliest.
so a "good" possibility it's Asian or else.

 

Noooo
Tha links fid.

 

Yours has a finish on it.

At first i thought because they're alabaster, and yours is resin (stonelite). But now i see they're stonelite, too.

BTW, I think the colored finish dates it closer to @Fid's estimate.

@Kronos may be able to look it up for you...

 

The worthpoint ones sold for $50.

 

Thanks, @Kronos - you're the best!

 

wanna start your own production ?
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/fibre-clay.html

 

Awesome thanks Kronos...

 

The socle is marble. Material used for bust could be some sort of 'reconstituted' marble of the type used for museum reproduction, but definitely cast, not chiseled.

 

Our mum has that exact thing on top of her piano. Bought it in the 1960s in the home decor section of whatever department store. We'll give it a closer look when we're over there probably next week...

 

there's interesting info on wiki Spain.
A su muerte, el taller de Giuseppe Bessi pasó primero a manos de sus hijos (Mino continuó en la linea de su padre, mientras que Giusto buscó suerte en el extranjero, siempre con producciones de alabastro) y, después, de su nieto Ghebo Vero y su bisnieto Pedro; convertida por este en una galería-tienda de artesanía típica de Volterra, la casa Alabastri G. Bessi funcionó ininterrupidamente hasta 2015; reapareció en 2017 en otra dirección, pero desde noviembre de ese año no hay movimiento en su página de facebook

business went to his sons, then to his grandson and great-grandson. somewhere along the line to a gallery-shop they may have started to cheat themselves...