Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 1850s.
She rests on a tree stump, as she gathers flowers for a garland. She wears a floral band to her hair and a flowing robe. Behind her a cherub holds a floral wreath. The whole on a naturalistic square base. The rear corner with a foundry stamp for Achilles Collas*
Date c 1850
Height 30cm, width 15cm, depth 15cm.
Three years later he demonstrated its abilities by producing a two-fifths size reproduction of the Venus de Milo. In 1838 he entered into partnership with the manufacturer Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-92).
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 1850s.
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19th C Bronze Figure of a Goddess by Collas
