I found this a couple days ago and have posted on a facebook pages i use but not much help in the way of identification.I was out at my bottle dump doing some detecting and bottle digging and out popped this marble sculpture.It looks like a cameo but I've never seen one so big.Any help would be great.Thanks Adam
Welcome to Tnet from Toronto Adam!
To me, your piece has the look of 'cast or bonded marble'.
"Cast marble is a timeless material which, unlike ceramic materials, permits a wide variety of shapes. It may also be Bonded Marble, which is a mixture of marble powder (80 - 90%), which is a by-product of the cutting process in quarries, and a resin-polymer (10 - 20%) as casting material, which allows the marble to take the form of moulds and reproduce statues in great detail at a very affordable cost. This mixture behaves quite differently than resin only products in the way that the ultra fine particles of marble flow into the mold creating highly detailed and stone-like sculptures. A good quality mould makes possible to create an exact replica of a classical sculpture masterpiece made of bonded marble, and if required, finish or sand the sculpture by hand.
Bonded marble statues have practically the same weight, look and feel like solid marble sculptures, the material is cold, and looks smooth and authentic, which is completely missing from inferior only resin sculptures. With dry cast marble sculptures any kind of form is possible, from small indoor statuettes to large life-size sculptures. Other casting material can also be used like for example cement in order to reduce cost on the larger pieces. However, other materials do not have the level of details such as dry cast marble sculptures do."
If you could also take a pic of the back of your find that would be helpful.
Dave
more pics?
bottom, back
whats your opinions of the material?
not sure about the granite idea, the material looks like it has absorbed fluids and ground matter
Brady
Hey sorry guys I'm just getting familiar with posting on the site.Ive been a member for awhile but just used it for learning more than anything.If I could say any material it would be marble it resembles more than anything.The backside I will take a picture of shortly but the back of it has two old square nails in the back.As if it were hung on a wall or something.Thanks for help I've been in a bind with any info.
