A COPELAND TURQUOISE-GROUND RETICULATED FIGURAL CENTERPIECE BASKET EMBLEMATIC OF 'JOYFULNESS, GRATITUDE AND ABUNDANCE'

MID 19TH CENTURY, MODELLED BY WILLIAM BEATTIE FROM DESIGNS SUGGESTED BY MADAME TEMPLE

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A COPELAND TURQUOISE-GROUND RETICULATED FIGURAL CENTERPIECE BASKET EMBLEMATIC OF 'JOYFULNESS, GRATITUDE AND ABUNDANCE'
MID 19TH CENTURY, MODELLED BY WILLIAM BEATTIE FROM DESIGNS SUGGESTED BY MADAME TEMPLE
The pierced basket supported by three addorsed classical female figures with arms raised holding swags of drapery, garlands of flowers, clusters of grapes and a golden goblet, modelled striding about a vine covered column, the circular base raised on six rocaille-scroll feet alternately moulded with lion masks suspending vine and paired grape clusters
21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The present lot relates to a table service commissioned by Madame Temple of Regent Street, Brighton. Mr. Alderman Copeland 'expressly and exclusively' manufactured this service to her specification and design. The figures and baskets were modelled by William Beatie of London. See Paul Atterbury with Maureen Batkin, The Parian Phenomenon, Somerset, 1989, p. 173, fig. 567 for an illustration from the Art Journal Supplement of 1862. Also see The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition 1862, p. 28 for an engraving illustrating four pieces from this service, including the present form.

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