A Copeland Parian bust of Miranda

Name: A Copeland Parian bust of Miranda
Brand: Antique Parian from Drove House Antiques
SKU: 320701
Availability: OutOfStock

Code: 320701

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A Copeland Parian bust of Miranda on a separate socle base attached by a brass nut and bolt. The bust is marked with the name 'MIRANDA' and 'W C MARSHALL SCULPT' and 'COPELAND' at the rear. The socle base is marked 'Crystal Palace Art Union'. The Union commissioned the bust in 1859.

Miranda was the daughter of Prospero in William Shakespeare's Tempest.

Height 27½cm (10.8").

Condition. Very good. There are some chips round the top of the socle and some roughness to the seaweed strands top left in Miranda's hair.