Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury (ed.), The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts (1989), p. 86, fig. 133.
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A Minton Parian figure of William Shakespeare
modelled by John Bell, the playwright wearing a doublet, a cape over his shoulders, modelled standing with his left hand resting on a tree stump beside a manuscript, his head slightly downcast, on shaped rectangular base, impressed JOHN BELL, shape 200, year cypher for 1856 (right hand restored) -- 45cm. high
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modelled by John Bell, the playwright wearing a doublet, a cape over his shoulders, modelled standing with his left hand resting on a tree stump beside a manuscript, his head slightly downcast, on shaped rectangular base, impressed JOHN BELL, shape 200, year cypher for 1856 (right hand restored) -- 45cm. high
See illustration
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