Lot 290
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A green tinted plaster model of Hypnos, God of sleep
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more Property of the Late Elizabeth, Lady Walston, sold by order of the Executors
A green tinted plaster model of Hypnos, God of sleep

BY D BRUCCIANI & CO., LONDON, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Details
A green tinted plaster model of Hypnos, God of sleep
By D Brucciani & Co., London, 19th century, after the antique
Modelled with wings, inscribed to the reverse D BRUCCIANI & Co. LONDON, and 2498 to the socle
13in. (33cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The sculptor Domenico Brucciani (b. 1815) opened workshops in Covent Garden in the late 1830s and was celebrated for his Galleria in the 1860s. Apart from the supply of plaster casts, he also provided models for Messrs. Elkington and Co.'s electrotypes. In 1922 the Brucciani Company's moulds were taken over by the Board of Education through the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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