Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches ladies leg horseshoe each unique

each unique

And then the back showing the form as pieced together from bits of old letters with the crepe paper wrapped around from the front and secured over top

the other down

sketchbook and watercolor box in hand

Early 20th century British and signed HS at lower right

Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches ladies leg horseshoe each uniqueI'm not entirely sure what to make of this one, but I love it a carved marble, tabletop scale sort of shrine or alter, with mirror atop and bisque figures populating its niches, all of them praying. I was told Vermont marble and that the figures were antique Bennington (white ones would be called Parianware I believe) but I'm not sure they could have been made to look older than they are? Whatever the case, a satisfying sort of tabletop architecture