Mark Jones Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Footnote
Ambrose Vago is listed in 1861 as a phrenological bust maker at 111 Gray’s Inn Lane, in 1871 as a moulder at 114 Gray’s Inn Lane, and in 1881 as a modeller and phrenological bust maker.
This rare bust is a copy of the ‘Tusculum bust’, said to be the only extant portrait taken of Gaius Julius Caesar in his lifetime.
Mark Jones Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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19th Century Plaster Bust of Julius Caesar by Vago
