Lot 7224
Antique Minton Parian Ware Ariadne and the Panther
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14 5/8 x 12 x 6 1/4 in.
From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina
This Parian-ware statuette was produced in 1847 by Minton & Co for Summerly's Art Manufactures, and remained in production until some time in the 1860s. The composition, modeled by John Bell (1811-1895), is taken from an original life-size marble work by the German Sculptor Johann Heinrich Dannecker (1758-1841). Dannecker's sculpture was a popular attraction at Bethmann's museum in Frankfurt, and became an essential stop on the tourist trail. Due to this, it frequently appeared in English guidebooks, novels, and travel narratives, such as Anna Jameson's Sketches of Germany (1832). Though it was one of Minton's first productions for Summerly's, small copies of Ariadne and Panther were available already as tourist souvenirs in Frankfurt. Minton's production thus followed a well-established precedent.
Description courtesy of the Royal Collection Trust which has another copy of this sculpture in its collection.
Break and repair to plinth running along corner underneath panther's front left paw across plinth to underside of the opposite side; nick to toe on Ariadne's left foot.
