CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, 30 AND 1285, BLACK PAINTED 1285.

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A BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE & CO. FIGURAL JARDINIERE
CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, 30 AND 1285, BLACK PAINTED 1285.
Naturalistically modeled as a bearded figure in white robes seated before a tethered camel with colorful blankets strewn over its back, the animal recumbent beside a brick ruin forming the jardinière, all on a rocky circular base
16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

The naturalistic modeling and subject of this group suggests the work of Joseph Brown, head modeler in the 1870's who specialized in animal subjects, including a pair of life-sized tigers displayed at the 1875 Paris Exposition. Also see Marilyn Karmason with Joan Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 124 for a description of the present model, described as 'dramatically modeled'; and Victoria Bergeson, Majolica, London, 1989, p. 61, fig. 40.

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