Lot 236

Overall in good condition with slight surface dirt and marks all over consistent with age, top of cornucopia broken and repaired, sickle replaced, chip and loss to both corners of plinth and mouldings on plinth


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The Estate of Martyn Cook, Sydney
Shapiro Auctions, Sydney, "SH183 - Property from the Estates of Martyn Cook, Judith Hoyle and Andrew Pratten, Artworks and Statuary from The Hermitage", 9 August 2020, Lot 26

Ernst March (1798-1847) was a German pottery manufacturer and after his death his widow Sophie and their sons Paul and Emil ran the business which became the leading terracotta producer in Germany in the second half of the 19th century. The Charlottenburg factory closed in 1902.