A FRENCH SCULPTURE GROUP OF EXCELSIOR, cast from a model by Emile Picault, the winged figure of Victory holding a torch and with a banner around her shoulders with inscription 'Excelsior' and a scantily clad shepherdboy resting on a rock beneath her, signed on the base 'E. Picault', and with a label on the base with inscription "La Genie du Progres" par. E. Picault 'l'homme passe, la science reste', on a large wooden base, with red marble top, late 19th Century