Looks like a man in a turban to me, to the person describing it, too.

ATB
Barbara

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:39 AM, clarerose <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all - have just had a look at this and as a fashion historian it
> doesn't look very 1700s to me! If it's a woman the hairstyle is more
> typical of the 1860s. Plus too many people think '1850' means '18th
> Century' (a very helpful confusion if you're an antique dealer...).
> Couldn't comment on dating gurdies as I'm a novice there
> Best
>
> Clare
>
> On May 25, 5:51 pm, Alden F M Hackmann <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Just found this on eBay.  Will be watching with anticipation...
> >
> > item# 110689937107
> > ICONOGRAPHY: Fine 18th-c. Carved Hurdy Gurdy Head!
> > $2500
> >
> > Alden F.M. Hackmann                        [email protected]
> >
> > "Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae."
>
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