2020.8.1
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Simple profile cartoon drawing of Paolo Orsi, slightly balding, bespectacled, with moustache & pointed beard; wearing a suit & tie. Signed "W.R. Lawson / Siracusa.1929. / 'Deus sit vobiscum'". Framed behind glass, in a simple black frame, with "P. Orsi / Syracuse April 1929" in pencil on the wooden back. Gummed label on back identifying framer: "From J.P. Ballard, Reading Fine Art Gallery, 21, Cross Street, Reading. / Printseller, Mount Cutter, Gilder and Picture Frame Manufacturer. / Dept for Windsor & Newton's Specialties./ For Repeat Orders please quote No. 4492" (4492 written in pencil).
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34.10.17
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Orange/buff clay. White slip, traces of red and black. Suspension hole blocked. Female protone / mask with long hair; almost straight across bottom. Label '115' inside.
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74.7.5
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Female protome, burnt. Brown clay, covered with white slip. Suspension hole in top. Label on back 'Thebes' in P.N. Ure's writing.
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