£2800

height: 920 mm

width: 370 mm

depth: 180 mm

Hermes

Hermes is named after the Greek god of  transitions and boundaries, and takes its name from the bust in the upper right corner.

Hermes harks back to the grand Victorian tradition of the Cabinet of Curiosities, combining several objects of interest within a decorative surrounding.

There are three skulls in Hermes. One tops this bizarre anatomical construction inside a glass vessel.

A stream of gold braid and pearls cascades from a snail shell atop an ornate column.

A third skull peers from the head of this sea captain. Sic transit gloria mundi.

The bust of Hermes has lost its head. In its place is the skull of a rabbit. Transitions and boundaries.