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Neale and Co?
A fine figure of Hygiea, goddess of health. c1790. Attributed to Neale and Co.
A fine figure of Hygiea, goddess of health. c1790. Attributed to Neale and Co.
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£226.99 GBP
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We can do better prices on the website.Description.
A very fine earthenware figure, attributed to Neale and Co, of Hanley, by a former owner-see the sticker to the base. Neale and Co's marked figures are extremely rare. We have to say that we have been unable to locate any photographic evidence of this piece being made by Neale, but stylistically the attribution seems to have plenty of merit. This particular piece exemplifies the common conjunction, in Neale pieces, of an earthenware mound, on which the figure stands, that mound standing upon a square base. The piece is certainly beautifully moulded and painted to a standard rarely achieved by even the major porcelain manufacturers.
Neale and Co are widely regarded as manufacturing some of the finest figures ever produced. Diana Edwards, in Neale Pottery and Porcelain" quotes W.B Honey extolling the "clean workmanship… the bright definite colours" of the Neale figures, though many of the pieces were taken from Enoch Wood moulds and others were cast under the Wood inspiration.
Hygeia was the goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene. Perhaps not surprisingly, her name is the source of the word "hygiene".
Condition.
No apparent defects, apart from a firing crack to the right armpit and a similar crack to the left arm at the junction of the goen with the lower arm..
Dimensions.
24cm in height.
We do not offer combined postage as the figure we charge reflect the time taken to pack and source packaging material which is incredibly time-consuming. Ultimately, it is the combined price which reflects the true cost.
See our other items. If you like what you see, we do have other items that are not necessarily listed and which may be of interest.
We use recycled packaging. It helps our environmental footprint, but does not necessarily look very pretty!
If the postage policy specifies that postage is included, we will send by tracked postage, rather than tracked and signed. If you wish for the latter, please let us know. There will be an additional charge which we will notify to you.
When we send by tracked alone the item will be at your risk from the point that we can prove, by means of showing a delivery confirmation, that it was delivered to your premises. Until that point, the item will be at our risk.
We are prepared to deliver all over the world, except (for obvious reasons, given the Russian state's unprovoked acts of aggression in Ukraine) to Russia.
We aim to ensure that our descriptions are absolutely accurate. Nevertheless, antique porcelain is never perfect. We use high definition photography with the aim of making the condition of any item extremely clear. Defects which are obvious in the photography we use are deemed to have been declared, even if we do not specifically refer to them in the description. An example of such a defect would be crazing-but we do not regard fine crazing as being a defect. If crazing is a particular issue for you, please let us know and we will then report as to whether there is any.
Restoration is sometimes extremely difficult to detect. We use UV light and transmitted light to check whether restoration has occurred. Sometimes, even those methodologies do not reveal restoration. If you are able, notwithstanding the definition, to show that restoration of a significant nature has occurred, we would obviously allow cancellation of the sale in such circumstances.
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