Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 4th July 2024
Lot 479
AN ENGLISH MOSAIC OVAL PANEL
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1260
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Description
AN ENGLISH MOSAIC OVAL PANEL
BY SAMUEL COOPER, C.1865-70
depicting a Roman style female head looking to her right, in tones of brown and black on a green ground, inscribed in pencil verso 'Executed by Samuel Cooper Mosacist 2 Waterford Terrace Fulham London', in an ebonised frame and moulded, stained pine frame
47 x 36.8cm
Catalogue Note
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, holds a fragmentary mosaic by Samuel Cooper of 'the head of a female saint in adoration'.