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A PLASTER HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL

19TH CENTURY

Details
A PLASTER HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL
19TH CENTURY
The square tapering socle inscribed 'STA FORTUNATA ORA PRO NOBIS'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high;
together with a plaster bust of a Renaissance youth, the socle inscribed '2353 D. BRUCCIANI & CO. LONDON', head broken off (2)
Literature
Illustrated in situ in the Corridor in 'Chirk Castle', Country Life, 5 October 1951, fig.8.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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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