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Lot Essay
JK is the monogram of J.Kershaw, who was the principal designer at the Coalbrookdale foundry during this period. In J.B.Waring's 'Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862' volume II, under a section devoted to the Coalbrookdale Company, he writes 'Mr Kershaw is another artist who finds employment for his abilities in assisting the firm, to which he is principle designer: the bronze fountain, containing a statue of Temperentia, enclosed in a well-designed alcove of natural branches and foliage, afforded a very satisfactory idea of his powers' (plate 140).
A Coalbrookdale seat with similar medallion, monogrammed 'JK', was sold Sotheby's Sussex 25th May 1994, lot 375.
This design, number 149934, was registered and patented at The Public Record Office by Coalbrookdale on 13th March 1862, and is seat number 35 in their 1875 Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue, Section III, page 259.
A Coalbrookdale seat with similar medallion, monogrammed 'JK', was sold Sotheby's Sussex 25th May 1994, lot 375.
This design, number 149934, was registered and patented at The Public Record Office by Coalbrookdale on 13th March 1862, and is seat number 35 in their 1875 Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue, Section III, page 259.