A pair of Regency Coade stone medallions

ATTRIBUTED TO COADE, LONDON, CIRCA 1810

细节

A pair of Regency Coade stone medallions
Attributed to Coade, London, Circa 1810
Circular, each with a fluted border, the centre with a female bust in profile, one with flowers in her hair, the other with fruit
24 in. (62 cm.) diameter; 4.1/3 in. (10.5 cm.) deep (2)

拍品专文

The Flora medallion featured in the pediment of an organgery executed in 1784 at Earsham, Norfolk (see A. Kelly, 'Sir John Soane and Mrs. Eleanor Coade', Apollo, April 1989).

Medallions of flower and fruit wreathed female figures, in antique fluted frames, could symbolise Peace and Plenty or the Seasons of Spring and Autumn. Related Coade Stone medallions, dating from around 1790, feature on the faade of Gosford House, Scotland (See A. Kelly, Mrs Coade's Stone, London, 1990, p.75).