Lot 368
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A VICTORIAN GREEN-TINTED PLASTER MODEL OF A LION
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A VICTORIAN GREEN-TINTED PLASTER MODEL OF A LION

BY D. BRUCCIANI & CO., LONDON, 19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN GREEN-TINTED PLASTER MODEL OF A LION
BY D. BRUCCIANI & CO., LONDON, 19TH CENTURY
Naturalistically modelled, on a square plinth inscribed 'D. BRUCCIANI & CO LONDON No 241'
13½ in. (34 cm.) high overall
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Lot Essay

The sculptor Domenico Brucciani (b. 1815) opened workshops in Covent Garden in the late 1830s and was celebrated for his Galleria in the 1860s. Apart from the supply of plaster casts, he also provided models for Messrs. Elkington and Co.'s electrotypes. In 1922 the Brucciani Company's moulds were taken over by the Board of Education through the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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