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

along with Joseph Glidden and Jacob Haish

Counters like this were manufactured for mercantile and general stores across America during the early 20th century

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

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,