A Well Patinated 19thC Male Human Skull on Stand sub-Architectural & Garden A parabolic mirror is a

A parabolic mirror is a concave mirror that has the form of a paraboloid of revolution so that rays emanating from the geometrical focus and reflected from the surface are all parallel to each other and to the axis of symmetry and rays from a distant source are reflected to the focus and that is used in reflecting telescopes

Belgian symbolists included:- Felicien Rops (1833-1898)

Most people who found themselves with toothache ended up in the hands of their local barber or blacksmith

And to return with their kill

it has suffered knocks and scuffing to its base so there is paint flaking to the whole but overall it remains in fairly good decorative condition

A Well Patinated 19thC Male Human Skull on Stand sub-Architectural & Garden A parabolic mirror is aOrigin: Unknown Period: 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 1900 Height: 5. 5 Width: 5. 5 Depth: 8 In relic condition, the largely in tact human skull dating to the middle or later part of the nineteenth century, displaying a beautifully aged patina and colour, with some loss to one side, the calvarium being uncut and the mandible unarticulated, and displayed on a nineteenth century circular ebonised stand. The skull remains in good overall order;