Life-size Regency Humphrey Hopper Plaster Statues of Athena and Demeter from Harewood House c.1815

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Life-size Regency Humphrey Hopper Plaster Statues of Athena and Demeter from Harewood House c.1815A very rare pair of dynamic Regency plaster statues c. 1815 by Royal Academy artist and sculptor Humphrey Hopper (1767 1844) with wonderful provenance from Harewood House, North Yorkshire one of Yorkshires finest Stately Homes. You can see how Hopper was greatly inspired by Canova and exquisite Italian Classical sculpture in this rare pair of Regency statues, once displayed in the library at Harewood House. Humphrey Hopper initially created classical

Large scale wrought iron Garden bench with wonderful patination

Rocaille and Scroll decoration with Cabriole legs joined by a scrolled X-stretcher centred with an Urn of Prosperity

The work is not only a still life but a window into a contemplative space where past and present quietly converge

alternatively you could convert this piece into a grand bird bath

With gilded gold-leaf carved eagle-heads terminating the arm rests

The Merchants of Venice were the true heros of Venice’s development bringing precious cargo from far flung lands

Occitane at the beginning of emperor Napoleon III's reign

This would make a wonderful addition to a garden or your interior

A pair of beautiful Louis XVI fauteuil chairs c

unfinished lips

honeyed patina and crisp carving speak to centuries of devotional use and careful preservation

Seat height 48cm