A large terracotta statue of Britannia, dated 1854

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A large terracotta statue of Britannia, dated 1854

BLANCHARD TERRACOTTA WORKS

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A large terracotta statue of Britannia, dated 1854
Blanchard terracotta works
The figure with headress and loose drapery, her right arm projecting to support a later trident, shown seated above the recumbent lion, the plinth with impressed stamp to the front left corner TERRA-COTTA, 1854, BLANCHARD, BLACKFRIARS ROAD, of sectional construction with old repairs and losses
110in. (279.4cm.) high, 105¾in. (268.5cm.) wide overall, 48in. (122cm.) deep overall

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Lot Essay

Mark Henry Blanchard (fl.1839-1870) served his apprenticeship with Coade & Sealy before establishing his own company in about 1839 in the Blackfriars Road, London. He later moved, around 1883, to Bishops Waltham, to be nearer the clay beds, the source of his raw material, on the estate of Sir Arthur Helps, who had already established the Bishops Waltham Clay Company there in 1862. By the middle of the century he had emerged as one of the leading manufacturers of terracotta in Britain largely because of its revival for architectural use as well as for garden ornament. He was awarded prizes for his exhibit at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and John Marriot Blashfield remarked in his essay on terracotta that this exhibit has inspired him to make something similar. Although his earlier pieces have the buff colour of Coade stone he later changed to the strongly coloured terracotta prefered by the Victorians.

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