An Early 20thC Scottish Plaster Portrait Bust of George Hope Tait by Thomas J. Clapperton 1929 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope They prove sturdy and comfortable

They prove sturdy and comfortable with the original springs in place

now craquelured with age

the whole carved in one piece and with the original pale green painted surface surviving from nineteenth century France

the bevelled oval glass surrounded by a ribbon moulded border

like other works by the artist it was ‘careful and conscientious in every detail’ and appeared ‘to convey a genuine likeness’

An Early 20thC Scottish Plaster Portrait Bust of George Hope Tait by Thomas J. Clapperton 1929 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope They prove sturdy and comfortableOrigin: Scottish Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1929 Width: 14 Depth: 8 Height: 17 Base: 6 x 5 (all at extremities) The finely modelled early 20th century Scottish plaster portrait bust of the artist, designer and civic figure George Hope Tait (18651950), executed in 1929 by the noted Borders sculptor Thomas J. Clapperton (18791962) and cast with a quiet naturalism typical of Clappertons portrait work, the sitter shown turned