BRITISH CERAMICS

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A Pair of Robinson & Leadbeater Tinted Parian Figures of Young Classical Ladies, circa 1880-90,

each wearing gilt tiara, one holds a dove, the other a shell, on seaweed effect domed bases, stamped R&L marks, 34.5cm high; and A Minton

and A Copeland Standing Figure of an Angel, circa 1860-90,

33.5cm and 31.5cm high r espectively (4)

£100 - 150

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Venus, after John Gibson RA, Copeland, circa 1850-70, standing

holding an apple in her left hand and holding her tunic mantle (with gilt and tinted borders), on a shaped oval stepped base, impressed Copeland, 42.5cm high

A similar figure is illustrated in Copeland

(Robert) Parian, Copeland’s Statuary

Porcelain, page 188, illustration and entry S182. Gibson’s original sculpture of Venus was executed in marble and was known as Venus Verticordia, and was completed in 1833. The one reproduced by Copeland was introduced in 1849 and was included in the display at The Great Exhibition of 1851.

£180 - 250

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An Italian Family Group,William

Adams, circa 1870, the mother in traditional costume, holding a child on her lap, another offers her a flower over her right shoulder, apparently unmarked, 34.5cm high; and Romeo

and Juliet, unknown factory,

circa 1880, standing in passionate embrace, titled on the oval plinth, 38cm high (2)

£150 - 250

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A Pair of Figural Comport Stands, unknown factory, circa

1860, the dishes now lacking, modelled as Venus and Cupid and a half nude youth and child seated on pillars, on scroll form bases picked out in gold and turquoise enamels, 25.5cm high (a/f, parts lacking)

£120 - 180

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Enome, unknown factory, circa

1860, as a semi-nude young woman seated on rocks, clasping her hands together imploringly, titled, unmarked, 37.5cm high

£150 - 250

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The Bride, after Raffaelle Monti, for the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union of London, circa

1861, a pedestal bust, of a veiled bride wearing a tiara of flowers, on a concave sided circular base impressed

Crystal Palace Art Union, the bust

with incised signature R Montiand

1861, also impressed Copeland,

38cm high

£1000 - 1500

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Before the Wind, and Against the Wind,A Pair of Worcester Parian Figures, Shape Numbers 2/53 and 2/54, circa 1862, modelled

as young girls, one standing by a tree stump, the other by a stone pillar, on textured circular bases, both with impressed crown and wheel mark, 28cm and 25.5cm high respectively (2)

A similar pair are illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon, edited by Paul Atterbury, published by Richard Dennis, page 211, fig 692.

£300 - 500

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Hop Queen, after J Durham ARA,

Copeland, circa 1884, a bust of a pretty young woman with fruiting hops in her hair, on a circular socle, titled (on the reverse), also stamped

Copeland 084, also Durham ARAand Copyright Reserved, 34.5cm; and

Flora, 1876, a pedestal bust of a pretty young woman with flowers in her hair gazing downwards to dexter, on a circular concave sided socle,

impressed Copeland J76, 27.5cm

high (2)

£200 - 250

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Dorothea, Shape 189, Minton,

circa 1850, part blue tinted, applied John Bell fleur de lys mark and diamond lozenge, also impressed Mintonand indistinct year mark, 35cm high

£150 - 250

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Belphoebe, after W Wyon, unknown factory, circa 1870, the

scantily clad classical maiden looking downwards with encrusted flowers in her hair, by a tree stump, upon a rounded rectangular plinth, impressed title and W WYON, 38.5cm high; and

A Classical Woman Holding a Child, unknown factory, circa

1860, semi-nude with a child on her shoulders, by a vase on a circular base, 38cm high (2)

Provenance: Belphoebe: The Thornton Collection Part 1, Tennants, 29 March 2007, lot 79.

£300 - 400

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