Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest date to the early 1830s

date to the early 1830s who was studying at an Academy in Sherborne

with light wear and aging to the wood

and in 1868 the IOOF voted to establish Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah

printed by The Bobbs-Merrill Company in the 20s-early 30s (last copyright is 1903)

) and appears never to have arms

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest date to the early 1830sPurchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make