English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd October 2012
Lot 425
A Copeland Parian figure of Paul mid 19th century
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £100
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Description
A Copeland Parian figure of Paul mid 19th century, leaning against a tree stump with an axe in one hand, his straw hat containing a bird's nest in the other, 36cm.
Paul and Virginia is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernadin de Saint-Pierre, which tells the tragic tale of two children who grow up on a paradise island, entirely governed by nature's laws, and are then corrupted by society with tragic consequences.
