Phrenology 8" Head Bust Bookends The superbly carved crest is

The superbly carved crest is supported by the French style with the design of a cherubs

Measuring a stunning 12 x 12 inches

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Phrenology 8" Head Bust Bookends The superbly carved crest isPhrenology 8" Head Bust A Phrenology head or bust is a table top representation of a human head showing attributes supposedly associated with various areas of the brain according to phrenology, a pseudoscience. Introduced by Austrian physician Franz Joseph Gall in the 1790s, phrenology was a system by which it was thought character traits could by determined through study of bumps on a patient's head. A 19th century revival of interest in phrenology