I M Chaney Antique Furniture has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
William Brownfield
Robinson died in the same year and the firm was subsequently incorporated as Wood and Brownfield. By 1850, Brownfield assumed sole control over the rapidly expanding business. Brownfield died suddenly in 1873, leaving the firm to three young sons: William Etches, Edward Arthur, and Douglas Howard Brownfield.
Brownfield & Sons remained prosperous and began majolica production around 1871, exhibiting pieces at the London Exhibition that year. With the installation of Louis Jahn as art director in 1872, Brownfield began to receive considerable critical acclaim. In Ceramic Art of Great Britain, Jewitt states: "Majolica is another of the specialities of Brownfield's manufacture, and this they produce of the highest class of excellence both in body, in firmness of glaze, in brilliancy of colour, and in design of the various pieces they bring out." Both Albert Carrier de Belleuse and Hugues Protât modeled majolica for Brownfield. Jahn remained until 1895 when he assumed the position of art director at Minton following the retirement of Leon Arnoux.
Measuring
Height 39 cms
Width 18 cms
Depth 18cms
Condition
Good slight wear but no broken pieces
I M Chaney Antique Furniture has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Pair of Large Figures by William Brownfield
