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Lot 1339
Two Copeland Parianware Allegories, Reading Girl and Early Struggles
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
England, published in third quarter 19th century, Reading Girl after the marble model by Patrick McDowell, R.A. (Irish/English 1799-1878), impressed marks "PATRICK MACDOWELL RA. / SCULP 1862 / CERAMIC AND CRYSTAL PALACE ART UNION / COPYRIGHT RESERVED / COPELAND / M / V" (13 1/2 in.).
Early Struggles after the marble by Louis Auguste Malempre (English, 1820-1888), impressed marks " L.A. MALEMPRE SCULP / 1871 / COPRYRIGHT RESERVED / COPELAND / 76" (19 in.)

Private Collection, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Some surface marks; Reading Girl with some firing hairlines to a few crevices; old repair along base and right foot; vertical hairlines at back corners; Early Struggles underside with some waxy area of fill.