Woman buys statue for $ 17 and finds that she is a relic of the 19th century

Owner of antique store, she examined the piece when she got home. The buyer He noticed that the sculpture details were extremely realistic, especially the cuticles and even the sewing lines in the fist of the carved clothes.

When I went to get her for the first time, I had to ask my partner to take it for me There Noble, Newsweek

Signature and date were covered by dirt. After cleaning the statue, there he found a signature at the bottom: “and King”, accompanied by the date “1857”.

After sharing the finding on the web, new information about the piece came to light. “Some people managed to locate Emanuel A. King, who had children who would have approximately the age that his hand seems to be,” he said.

Another person found references to King in a book on York County in Pennsylvania, where they referred to him as a marble cutter, sculptor and a prominent businessman There Noble, Newsweek

Marble hands can represent posthumous honors. During the research, there he also found that between the beginning and the mid -19th century, it was common for families to order marble hand sculptures as a way of honoring deceased loved ones.