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Posted by Andrew J Pye
on March 11, 2008, 2:24 pm, in reply to "Looking for the source of an 1850's design"
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Hi Gordon
I think I can answer your question in a general way even though I do not know the specific sculpture. Some years ago we had a platter by Clementson with a similar design on it. The pattern name was Sydenham, which got me thinking, strange name for a classical sculpture design as it is an area of southern London! Home to Crystal Palace Football Team amongst other things and Crystal Palace seemed to me to be the link, but not the Football Team.
The Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London was in 1851 and one of the must see attractions were the Cast Courts, full of reproductions of classical sculptures and much more. There were masses of them. The Victorians found art in this form very uplifting.
After the Exhibition the Crystal Palace was dismantled and re-erected at Sydenham and when it re-opened in 1854 as a "leisure centre" one of the features of the Exhibition that was re-instated were the Cast Courts. The Victoria & Albert Museum in London that was founded from the profits of the Exhibition had to have its own famous Cast Courts.
Clearly the Victorians liked big helpings of casts and sculpture even down reproducing them on tableware.
Hope that helps. Just need to identify the sculpture now.
Regards
Andrew
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