An 18thC Male Human Skull; The Horniman Collection; Ex Dick Moy Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews but the United Irishmen changed

but the United Irishmen changed the colour of the field from blue to green

The seventy-day process purged the corpse of fluids that cause decay and endowed it with the attributes of gods such as Osiris and Ra

This picture is of rather unusual and whimsical subject matter

made almost certainly by Gillows of Lancaster

chronic dysentery

An 18thC Male Human Skull; The Horniman Collection; Ex Dick Moy Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews but the United Irishmen changedOrigin: UnknownPeriod: George II IIIProvenance: The Horniman Collection; Ex Dick MoyDate: c. 1730 1800Height: 5. 75Width: 5. 5Depth: 8In good overall condition, the largely in tact human skull dating to at least the late eighteenth century, displaying a marvellous aged patina and colour, the jaw articulated, retaining many of the original teeth and surviving from The Horniman Collection; and ex Dick Moys inventory. The skull remains in good overall