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Re: Plaster (Chalkware) Bust Research Help
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Laura Hansen <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:14:41 -0400
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What you may have are plaster casts that were made in the nineteenth century to serve as teaching aids to students who were unlikely to see the originals in the course of their studies.  When that type of teaching went out of fashion most museums scrapped them, as they were to them, fairly recent casts and not all that valuable.  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a large collection of these, as they didn't follow the convention of smashing them.  As a result, their collection has been used in modern times to repair some originals damaged by the environment, etc.  You might want to check with curators there. 

Laura Hansen
NMAH

>>> [log in to unmask] 04/12/01 05:06PM >>>
Here at Redcliffe Plantation we have a collection of plaster busts we
believe were purchased in Europe during the nineteenth century.  Apart from
that we don't know anything about the busts and we are having a tough time
researching them.  Any references or information would be appreciated.
Fielding Freed

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