Lot 86
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A PLASTER BUST OF MERCURY
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A PLASTER BUST OF MERCURY

MANUFACTURED BY BRUCCIANI & CO, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

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A PLASTER BUST OF MERCURY
Manufactured by Brucciani & Co, 19th century, after the Antique
Depicted looking up with winged helmet, the reverse with maker's mark in an ellipse 'BRUCCIANI ... LONDON', on a waisted socle
83 cm (32 3/4 in) high
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Lot Essay

The sculptor Domenico Brucciani (b. 1815) opened workshops in Covent Garden in the late 1830s and was celebrated for his Galleria in the 1860s. Apart for the supply of plaster casts, he also provided models for Messrs. Elkington and Co.'s electrotypes. In 1922 the Brucciani Company's moulds were taken over by the Board of Education through the Victoria & Albert Museum

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