Who is this London UK statuary bust?

[DirtMechanic]

The question was posed on another site, and the owner said it was there when they purchased their modest home. Any chance its a burial site or something culturally common in the area? It made me curious to know.

 

[Tetters]

Can you find out exactly where this is @DirtMechanic ?

 

[DirtMechanic]

Can you find out exactly where this is @DirtMechanic ?

Probably. They just said London. I will send a private message and ask. Here is the actual thread. Best guesses are that it is an urn.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/ifyg76

 

[Tetters]

Here`s a picture of a notable Londoner called William Harris FCA , principal partner of William Harris & Co , the well know chartered accountants of London and New York.

???

 

[DirtMechanic]

View attachment 70554 Here`s a picture of a notable Londoner called William Harris FCA , principal partner of William Harris & Co , the well know chartered accountants of London and New York.

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O wow..thats close!

 

[Tetters]

Mmm even to the style of clothing I thought.

 

[Sheal]

Could the person that owns the house now go back to their estate agent and ask them to make contact with the previous owner, who will probably know?

 

[DirtMechanic]

Could the person that owns the house now go back to their estate agent and ask them to make contact with the previous owner, who will probably know?

I think that was suggested, as well as local library research.

 

[Marck]

What a curious thing to leave in a garden: a bust without an inscription. Even more so if it is a reliquary for human remains.
I doubt its that banker. The resemblance is not that close ...and why he, out of many millions of Londoners and Englishmen would even be suggested is beyond me.

It would be interesting if it was famous individual, a composer or dictator, for examples, but it may very well be an unknown elderly relative of one of the property's former owners.