Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman silver paperwieght extended arms of this man

extended arms of this man and woman as they reach out for one another

While announcing Easter Greetings

I've had an eye out for more

While there are lots of Scandinavian wooden Viking figures out there

There is a light crease to the bottom right corner

Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman silver paperwieght extended arms of this manI think I'd be way less interested in the cast plaster portraits created from this than I am in the mold itself, which I find super evocative and a bit haunting too, with all of its patina now making it feel a bit like a momento mori. I don't know who this man was, but there is a date of 1877 carved into the back. Around the perimeter is an old iron wire holding it together one assumes added at the time it cracked along his shoulder with a beautiful