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According to Pattie Boyd, when Eric Clapton was modelled for a Madame Tussauds waxwork in the late 1980s, the wax modeller made an additional wax cast of Clapton's hand for Pattie and Eric to keep as a memento. When they decided to separate not long afterwards, Eric signed and inscribed the waxwork To Nell, which was his nickname for Pattie. The wax sculpture was then cast in solid bronze for posterity, and the original waxwork was likely destroyed in the process.
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Overall light surface wear and patina, a little dusty. Small edge nicks to slate plinth.
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