Queen frieze fragment #A3A photo of my reproduction in the old dirty limestone finish, reproductions are $75.00 plus $24.00 shipping ($99.00 total) Average weight of the box is 37#. Only the center piece with the female queen figure as shown below is available, the other sections are not available. The photo shows one of my casts in the Buff Yellow finish. (photo soon) She measures 15-1/2" tall and 14" wide.
 History of the piece in my personal collection
 (Photo of my antique original multi-section terra cotta frieze.)I am the owner of this original piece, my reproduction sculpture which I modified 25 years ago is copyrighted and I was producing these as far back as 1980. The beautiful original piece (above) is a one of two hand made buff yellow terra cotta sculptures I salvaged from a circa 1900 building around 1977 The two identical co-joined buildings were located at #5 and #7 Avenue D in Manhattan's Lower East Side
How was a piece like this used on a building?Below is photo of the two buildings the sculptures came from, albeit a poor polaroid instamatic, as should be obvious the one on the left (#5) was a burned out hulk, the sky can be seen through the top floor window through the burned out roof.
 The two frieze panels were located on the ground floor at sidewalk level beneath the windows on either side of the entrance (not shown in the photo) they had been covered over by some kind of box sign- the installation of which caused the projecting tip of the queen's crown to be broken off. In this circa 1939 view, which I can't enlarge without major quality degregation- one of the panels can just about be seen in the middle of the photo directly above the head of the lady in the light colored coat walking on the sidewalk. There is a square white sign perpendicular to the panel as well, and the queen's distinctive head can be seen if one looks closely, and two other queen heads can also be seen further to the right; 
These are made in my standard cast-stone for interior display, and will be offered in concrete for exterior such as the garden for 20% increase in price to offset the additional labor and handling. 
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