Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? studio pottery weed vase The hand-carved crosses really do

The hand-carved crosses really do it for me

colorful coiled neck

Signed Robert Fisher in pencil on the reverse

and goat with “goat house” to his left (with fabulous weathervane

I presume because the wood was repurposed from some other use

Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? studio pottery weed vase The hand-carved crosses really doI found this one at my favorite treasure trove New Hampshire a family owned source of interesting things from across time and around the world, feeling like a cabinet of curiosities. I don't know anything about this plaster head's subject or maker, but it, and the hairstyle especially, feels very WPA era to me. (I really love those sculptural waves of hair running down the sides of the face.) With an androgynous quality to the face but quite