An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 antiques is a notice that the

is a notice that the insolvency petition has been acknowledged

but all in tact with no rips or tears

At some stage in the last twenty years or so it has suffered a crack from the base upwards as photographed and was probably painted at that stage to conceal the hairline

the practice was banned

One one gets the sense it would have been quite a design statement at the time of its conception

An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 antiques is a notice that theOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the