“This may include a head, torso, or carved section resembling a classical female figure, particularly if it dates from the late 18th or early 19th century or has a connection to Oxford or its surrounding area.”
The college added that any information, photographs or leads, “no matter how tentative,” would be welcomed by researchers trying to solve the mystery.
College archivists believe that the original 17th-century statues were probably weathered and blackened by soot by the early 19th century, and perhaps considered too unsightly to be reinstalled on the chapel roof following renovation work.
Instead, new Bath Stone sculptures representing the same subjects were hoisted on to the roof off Broad Street in central Oxford.