A PAIR OF COPELAND PARIAN BUSTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT after models by W. Theed both wearing classical robes and the Queen wreathed with oakleaves, modelled for the Crystal Palace Art Union (both detached from socles, both with chips to base, she with small chip to robe), impressed marks and dated 1864
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A PAIR OF COPELAND PARIAN BUSTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT after models by W. Theed both wearing classical robes and the Queen wreathed with oakleaves, modelled for the Crystal Palace Art Union (both detached from socles, both with chips to base, she with small chip to robe), impressed marks and dated 1864
12½in. (32cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury, ed., The Parian Phenomenon, p. 182, fig. 596