Monumental Bronze Mark Twain Relief Plaque by Julia Bracken Wendt moss designed for visibility behind a

designed for visibility behind a counter or along a shop wall

Two hooks are broken

along with Joseph Glidden and Jacob Haish

" A rugged piece of retail ephemera from the golden age of drugstore and department counter sales-built to organize

and fading on the bottle's label

Monumental Bronze Mark Twain Relief Plaque by Julia Bracken Wendt moss designed for visibility behind aLarge scale sculptural relief plaque depicting Mark Twain in profile, modeled with deep, expressive handling and a commanding presence characteristic of turn of the century American academic sculpture. Twain is rendered in half length portrait, his familiar mustache, heavy lidded gaze, and rumpled suit captured with a naturalism that balances realism with quiet monumentality. The surface shows deliberate modeling marks and softly worked transitions,