English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd October 2012

Lot 111

A moulded glass portrait bust of Sir Robert Peel c.1845-51

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200

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Description

A moulded glass portrait bust of Sir Robert Peel c.1845-51, by F & C Osler of Birmingham, modelled as a Roman emperor, raised on a square socle, moulded mark to the reverse, 17cm. The same bust on an octagonal plinth is in the Corning Museum of Glass. The V&A has the similar bust of Prince Albert that was made for the Great Exhibition of 1951.