Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Feels like a New England

Feels like a New England winter to me

with the red cheeks

Some light rippling to the pith paper

the other 10 7/8" tall including handle of the axe

which has a bit of a sheen to it

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Feels like a New EnglandI purchased this one from an antiques shop in southern Maine that has been the source of many an interesting thing, and she just called to me. I take her as an iteration of a "veiled lady" a subject that became popular in marble sculpture in the 18th century and reached a height of popularity in the form of veiled vestal virgins in the mid to late 19th c.; I had a Grand Tour example a year of two ago. There was a strong connection between these veiled