A COPELAND TOPOGRAPHICAL PARCEL-BISCUIT TURQUOISE-GROUND CENTERPIECE

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. W.A. CRISWELL, SOLD TO BENEFIT CRISWELL COLLEGE*

A COPELAND TOPOGRAPHICAL PARCEL-BISCUIT TURQUOISE-GROUND CENTERPIECE

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, GREEN INTERLACED C'S MARK

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A COPELAND TOPOGRAPHICAL PARCEL-BISCUIT TURQUOISE-GROUND CENTERPIECE
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, GREEN INTERLACED C'S MARK
Modeled as the three Graces standing hand in hand, their backs to a column molded with stiff-leaf tips, on a tripartite base molded with acanthus and painted with views of the 'Castle on Chillon', 'Loch Ard' and 'Unterseen', identified on the underside, within gilt 'beaded' roundels, all raised on three small circular feet, mounted as a lamp
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high, the porcelain

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拍品專文

According to the Copeland statuary Porcelain catalogue of 1848, this group was produced in 3 sizes. The model was originally meant to be the centerpiece for a dessert table, surmounted by a pierced basket. Compare Paul Atterbury with Maureen Batkin, The Parian Phenomenon, Somerset, 1989, p. 173.