Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The name “parian” is based on the white marble from Mount Elias on the Greek island of Paros.
Robinson and Leadbeater produced parian ware of a superb quality. They only produced parian and did so for longer than any other manufacturer.
They were very overshadowed by Minton parian which had always been considered to be the best.
When Edward Leadbeater and Frederick Robinson bought the Glebe street works in 1865 from Giovanni Meli, they also bought the parian moulds. This gave them a high standard of quality from the beginning. The chief designer was Roland Morris who oversaw a consistency of design.
Parian was a semi- transparent highly vitrified form of bisque porcelain and R&L devoted their whole production to work in the parian body.
“Few if any firms rivalled the quality of parian produced at the two factories in Stoke”
The R&L parian was creamy fine smooth matt and soft to the touch .They sometimes also coloured the body with pastel washes. This was probably introduced due to a later decline in the market for white ware and a need to diversify. Many figures were produced in plain white parian and also a coloured version.
Vases and trinkets were produced in different colours - usually blue or green with white details. A large amount of ware was made with a tea stain effect - basically a brown wash and again I think this was in response changing fashions.
In the end it seems they were defeated by new fashions and styles and the limitations of the parian body. The big pottery firms could also produce other products such as tableware but Robinson and Leadbeater were parian specialist and although they produced a huge variety of ware they could not survive beyond 1924.
This figurine was made in the 19th century.
Weight: 1531 grams
Height is 39 cm
Condition is as follows: on the back, on the lower edge of the camisole, there are two completely small, inconspicuous chips of 2-3 mm each. In some places, the paint is slightly worn. Otherwise, the condition is like new
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Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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