Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 1st October 2025

Lot 672

'FIRST LESSON'. A PATINATED TERRACOTTA GROUP

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £318

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Description

'FIRST LESSON'. A PATINATED TERRACOTTA GROUP

BY ALFRED DRURY (1859-1944)

modelled as a mother reading to her child on her lap, on an ebonised base, signed to one side

43cm high, 15cm wide, 20cm deep (max)

Catalogue Note

Edward Alfred Briscoe Drury RA was a British architectural sculptor and artist, concentrating on figures, busts and groups. He is perhaps now best known for the figures on the War Office Building in Whitehall, elements of the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum and four of the large statues on Vauxhall Bridge.