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A Victorian electro-type circular plaque of the Toilette of Venus, the goddess shown partially draped and reclining on a cushioned couch, three handmaidens attending to her toilette, a peristyle and tropical garden beyond, within an elaborately-decorated border, signed Morel-Ladeuil Inv E Facit 1876 and also inscribed Elkington and Co., the reverse with stamped marks, a diamond registration mark and patents for France, the United States, Austria and Germany - 20in.
Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888), sculpture, was pupil and assistant to Antoine Vechte and exhibited at the Salon from 1853. He came to England to work at Elkingtons in 1859 and did much of his work at a studio above the firms premises in Regent Street, London. He worked in iron and silver and then Elkingtons reproduced his wares by the electro-type process for general sale. Morel-Ladeuil was created Chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur in 1878. Much of his work is Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.
Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888), sculpture, was pupil and assistant to Antoine Vechte and exhibited at the Salon from 1853. He came to England to work at Elkingtons in 1859 and did much of his work at a studio above the firms premises in Regent Street, London. He worked in iron and silver and then Elkingtons reproduced his wares by the electro-type process for general sale. Morel-Ladeuil was created Chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur in 1878. Much of his work is Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.