A PARIAN-WARE OR BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER; TOGETHER WTIH A TERRACOTTA VERSION (2)
Coleridge Collection, Second half 19th Century
Modelled wearing a laurel wreath and holding drapery, 15.5cm wide; 18.5cm high; The later terracotta example facing the opposing direction,19cm wide; 20.5cm high; both with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ labels
| Estimate: |
£100 - £150
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Hammer price:
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£240 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
The
Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection
Although
this example of Parian Ware is unmarked it is the same model produced by Minton
& Co in 1847 until the 1860s for Summerly’s Art Manufactures. The model, by
John Bell (1811-1895), was after a marble original by Johann Heinrich Dannecker
(1758-1841), a German sculptor who’s life-size sculpture was a popular tourist
attraction in Frankfurt. Smaller statuettes, like this one, were available as
tourist souvenirs.
Condition Report:
Terracotta: Loss to the central section of the lion’s tail. Small chips to the base not int he casting.
Parian/biscuit: Loss of to to the lower foot.
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