A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews originally being Baroque

originally being Baroque

with the black japanning having taken on a lustrous patina

The shoes on this example are scarcer and are simply wonderfully evocative

Our electrician has replaced the period American fitments where necessary for the fitting to work via UK standards and the piece has been thoroughly PAT tested

from 1917 to 1943

A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews originally being BaroqueOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 18Width: 22Depth: 14 (all at extremities)The painted plaster model or bust of "Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla", by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), realistically modelled and hand painted in life size, survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century in untouched condition. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some very small areas of loss to his