LOT OF 10 ANTIQUE PLASTER CASTS FROM A MUSEUM IN ENGLAND. MAKING PLASTER IMPRESSIONS OF CARVED CAMEOS REACHED ITS PEAK IN THE 18TH CENTURY. THESE DURABLE PLASTER OF PARIS IMPRESSIONS MADE UP AN IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF CHURCHES AND GOVERNMENTS WHO STUDIED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DESIGNS. ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THE IMPRESSIONS WAS TO PROVIDE A RECORD OF CARVED CAMEOS.
THESE CASTS OFFER AN IMPORTANT LINK TO THE PAST. EXAMINING THEM GIVES INSIGHT INTO STYLE AND THE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS PAST ENGRAVERS AND CARVERS CHOSE. THE DESIGNS SHOW WHAT APPEALED TO THE COLLECTORS OF LONG AGO. WHILE SUCH CASTS ARE RARE, THEY CAN BE FOUND IN MUSEUMS OR IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.