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Lot Essay
Ramsden's workbooks record at least two versions of this form, the
first finished in November 1938 and the second, likely the present
example, 'Draped Figures/'Garden of Hesperides Fruit Stand', number 2327, completed on 2 March 1939. The entry records Leonard Burt, A. E. Ulyett and William Maggs as each being involved in the production of this stand. It also notes that R. Owen and Company undertook the sand casting of the draped figures.
In Greek mythology, the Garden of Hesperides contained the tree of the golden apples, Gaea's wedding gift to Hera upon her marriage to Zeus. The Hesperides themselves were clear-voiced virgins who guarded the tree along with the dragon Ladon.
These beautiful and spiritually fulfilling apples played two parts in Greek mythology. The first involved the race between Atalanta and Hippomenes. Atalanta, an exquisite maiden and powerful warrior would only marry the man would could outrun her. Hippomenes acquired some golden apples from the garden of Hesperides and threw them in her path during the race. The need to have them compelled her to pick them up, allowing Hippomenes to win the race.
The golden apples were also a feature in the eleventh labour of Hercules, who was required to get them from the Garden of Hesperides.
first finished in November 1938 and the second, likely the present
example, 'Draped Figures/'Garden of Hesperides Fruit Stand', number 2327, completed on 2 March 1939. The entry records Leonard Burt, A. E. Ulyett and William Maggs as each being involved in the production of this stand. It also notes that R. Owen and Company undertook the sand casting of the draped figures.
In Greek mythology, the Garden of Hesperides contained the tree of the golden apples, Gaea's wedding gift to Hera upon her marriage to Zeus. The Hesperides themselves were clear-voiced virgins who guarded the tree along with the dragon Ladon.
These beautiful and spiritually fulfilling apples played two parts in Greek mythology. The first involved the race between Atalanta and Hippomenes. Atalanta, an exquisite maiden and powerful warrior would only marry the man would could outrun her. Hippomenes acquired some golden apples from the garden of Hesperides and threw them in her path during the race. The need to have them compelled her to pick them up, allowing Hippomenes to win the race.
The golden apples were also a feature in the eleventh labour of Hercules, who was required to get them from the Garden of Hesperides.