19TH C BUST OF THE GODDESS MINERVA

A 19th Century Bust of MinervaShowing the Goddess wearing a feather plumed dolphin motif helmet as she looks slightly to her right her long flowing hair meeting her robe and bodice centre by a brooch of JupiterThe bust raised up on a concave pedestal with marbleized decorationThe rear impressed twice 039MINERVA039Date c 1830Height 12 14 inches 31cmWidth 7 inches 18cmDepth 4 12 inches 12cm