Lot Essay
Cf. The Parian Phenomenon, edited by Paul Atterbury, p. 227, fig. 731, for a similar Match Making group.
Details
An English parian group of two owls
possibly Robinson and Leadbeater, modelled perched on a branch before a hollow spill, on rocky mound, incised to the base MATCH MAKING, indistinct moulded registration lozenge, circa 1870 -- 20cm. high; a Minton figure of a putto, emblematic of Art, scantilly-clad, modelled standing on plinth base, year cypher for 1860 -- 24cm. high; a parian figure of a boy, modelled standing holding a bundle of faggots -- 22cm. high; two figures of boys, modelled standing wearing classical robes -- 33cm. high; a figure of a female beggar-woman, modelled seated; and a figure of a boy, second half of the 19th century (7)
possibly Robinson and Leadbeater, modelled perched on a branch before a hollow spill, on rocky mound, incised to the base MATCH MAKING, indistinct moulded registration lozenge, circa 1870 -- 20cm. high; a Minton figure of a putto, emblematic of Art, scantilly-clad, modelled standing on plinth base, year cypher for 1860 -- 24cm. high; a parian figure of a boy, modelled standing holding a bundle of faggots -- 22cm. high; two figures of boys, modelled standing wearing classical robes -- 33cm. high; a figure of a female beggar-woman, modelled seated; and a figure of a boy, second half of the 19th century (7)
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