A 19th century Copeland Parian bust of ' Mother & Child', da...

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£260

A 19th century Copeland Parian bust of ' Mother & Child', dated 1871, modelled by Raffaele Monti, her head tilted to her right gazing towards the sleeping baby held close, her fine headscarf draped gently over the infant, its face and curls just visible through the drapery, on associated wooden socle base, 34.5cm high, impressed verso, CERAMIC AND CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION, COPELAND, COPYRIGHT RESERVED incised R Monti 1871 (: The Mother' was issued as a companion to 'The Bride'. Both busts are illustrated in Paul Atterbury (ed.) The Parian Phenomenon (1989), p.180, fig.586.

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There are a couple of tiny chips to the underside of the base, but these are negligible and not visible when the bust is positioned on its wooden plinth. Otherwise the condition of the item is good.