A pair of bronze wall mounts modelled in relief as sprites

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A pair of bronze wall mounts modelled in relief as sprites
after models by Richard Westmacott, Junior, showing Bluebell and a companion youth with a butterfly resting on his hand, English, first half 19th century -- 16½in.(42cm.) high
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Richard Westmacott, Junior, RA, 1799 - 1872. Westmacott modelled the original 'Bluebell' in white plaster in 1836. See Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art: The Handley-Read Collection, Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition catalogue, 4th March - 30th April 1972.

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