WINIFRED LEVERITT (BRITISH 1879-1969): AN ART DECO CARVED WHIITE MARBLE BUST OF A FEMALE

Winifred Leveritt was a sculptor active in London between the 1920’s and the 1940's. She participated in the 15th exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the Royal Academy in London in 1931. A comparable sculpture by Leveritt of Saint Francis of Assisi, carved in stone, was bequeathed  to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth, by Winifred Leveritt herself. 

Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection

Condition report: 

Obvious environmental discolouration, dirty and general weathering with exposure to the elements. The piece has been in a garden for sometime. 

No serious damage or breakages just some scratches on the bottom and the back consistent with use and moving. Attached additional images of bottom and back.