Lot 3
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A SET OF THREE ENGLISH BRONZE HORTICULTURAL PRIZE RELIEFS, cast from models by Hamo Thornycroft, each panel depicting a maiden surrounded by plants, each signed Hamo Thornycroft RA and the first tworespectively dated 1919 and 1921, each inscribed OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP HORTICULTURAL PRIZE, WON BY MR. W. JORDAN, PRESENTED BY TOOGOOD AND SONS LTD. SOUTHAMPTON, SEEDSMEN TO HM THE KING, early 20th Century

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A SET OF THREE ENGLISH BRONZE HORTICULTURAL PRIZE RELIEFS, cast from models by Hamo Thornycroft, each panel depicting a maiden surrounded by plants, each signed Hamo Thornycroft RA and the first tworespectively dated 1919 and 1921, each inscribed OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP HORTICULTURAL PRIZE, WON BY MR. W. JORDAN, PRESENTED BY TOOGOOD AND SONS LTD. SOUTHAMPTON, SEEDSMEN TO HM THE KING, early 20th Century
11in. (28cm.) high each approximately (3)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E. Manning, Marble & Bronze, The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft, London, 1982, pp. 132 & 204, fig. 85

Lot Essay

The present set of reliefs, which Thornycroft executed for Toogood, reveal close ties with Arts and Crafts ideals and Art Nouveau designs. The decorative has been successfully combined with the naturalistic in this set of ornate and contemporary scenes of horticulture.

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