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A Victorian Copeland biscuit porcelain bust of Alcestis or the Veiled Bride, dated 1861
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A Victorian Copeland biscuit porcelain bust of Alcestis or the Veiled Bride, dated 1861

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A Victorian Copeland biscuit porcelain bust of Alcestis or the Veiled Bride, dated 1861
Modelled veiled and wearing a floral crown, her head slightly declined, on a waisted circular socle stamped CRYSTAL PALACE, the reverse inscribed R Monti 1861 and stamped COPELAND -- 14¾in. (37.6cm.) high
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Alcestis in Greek mythology, was the wife of King Admetus. As a paragon of conjugal love, on the death of her husband she agreed to take his place in the Underworld. Heracles followed the Queen and having wrestled with Death, led Alcestis back from Hades. She wore the veil when emerging from the Underworld, and it is lifted by her husband on her return.