An Early 20thC Scottish Plaster Portrait Bust of George Hope Tait by Thomas J. Clapperton 1929 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the credit is given to

the credit is given to Brand

Circumference: 66 inches (at base)

Width: 49”

5”Width: 5”Depth: 11” (all at extremities)The well-proportioned painted plaster model of a Pekingnese dog

Our restorer believes the top to be in sycamore and the bases to be in ash

An Early 20thC Scottish Plaster Portrait Bust of George Hope Tait by Thomas J. Clapperton 1929 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the credit is given toOrigin: Scottish Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1929 Width: 14 Depth: 8 Height: 17 Base: 6 x 5 (all at extremities) The finely modelled early 20th century Scottish plaster portrait bust of the artist, designer and civic figure George Hope Tait (18651950), executed in 1929 by the noted Borders sculptor Thomas J. Clapperton (18791962) and cast with a quiet naturalism typical of Clappertons portrait work, the sitter shown turned