Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
About Phrenology: English science in the Victorian era was fascinated by the human brain.
Phrenology was one of the imaginative results of highly creative research.
Moods, knowledge storage, creativity and sensitivity are some of the "faculties" that were carefully listed and endowed with a precise location in the skull.
A doctor's office was not complete without a mock-up of a skull describing the areas associated with each of the various faculties.
Dimensions: 16x9x8cm
Matter: Porcelain
Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas
Model: Curiositas logo
Made in France
Blank notebook with black cover - Vegetable paper
Book of secrets - Storage box from Maison Merci Louis
A trompe-l'œil book with interior hiding place
Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla
Italy crafts
A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.
Memento Mori (White)
Skull carved in buffalo bone
Alphabet booklet of Merci Louis manufacturer - Large model
Entirely handmade in cotton paper with irregular edges
Blank notebook
Happiness Key by "Marius à Paris"
With its little embroidered sachet containing lavender
Articulated wooden tattoo arm
Shouboushi
Japanese colour tattoo
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Stamped letter-envelope of the Second Empire
Dated from 1852-1870
Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne
Articulated skeleton of a rabbit's foot
Antique mounting - JEULIN
Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
