Lot 332
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A COADE STONE KEYSTONE
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A COADE STONE KEYSTONE

BY COADE, LAMBETH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A COADE STONE KEYSTONE
BY COADE, LAMBETH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled with female mask, impressed stamp to base COADE, LONDON, and indistinctly dated 181*
13in. (33cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Eleanor Coade was able to benefit from the vogue for the neo-classical, her ornaments and architectural decorations were used in great quantity by the most notabel architects; Robert Adam, James and Samuel Wyatt, Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, Sir John Soane, John Nash and Humphry Repton. The production of keystones was immense and the many survivors on buildings today is a testament to the strength of the Coade compound.

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