An Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Herm Satyr Bust sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Caltrops were also used to

Caltrops were also used to puncture and deflate pneumatic tires on motorized vehicles

To the reverse of one of the leaves is pencil signed “J W Palmer Office” – this is for a James William Palmer who was a clerk at the asylum

and even in pneumonia

) which could be a makers mark or perhaps the name of the studio

An Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Herm Satyr Bust sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Caltrops were also used toOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 20Depth: 6Width: 7Height: 11. 5 The well realised and heavy quality white marble bust, representing a male herm satyr figure; probably that of Silenus, with a deep furrowed brow, strong nose, prominent cheeks and chin, with tightly curled hair in waves, the whole carved in the round and apparently unsigned, surviving from early twentieth century Italy. The bust has some weathering