A SET OF SIX ITALIAN GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUSTS, MID-19TH CENTURY

A SET OF SIX ITALIAN GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUSTS
SICILIAN, MID 19TH CENTURY
Depicting the Four Seasons, Minerva and a girl called Eleonora; each on a circular socle, each socle inscribed, one socle inscribed 'Per Giuseppe Di Bartolo da Caltagirone', two stamped G.D
the largest 95cm high overall

Provenance:
Almost certainly commissioned by Giuseppe di Bartolo (1815-1865)
Christie's, London, A Sicilian Villa, Property From An Aristocratic Family, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca, 10 December 2015, lot 148

Condition Report:
Autumn and another stamped to base GD

Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. These look to have been stored/displayed outdoors at some time with small lichen remnants. The resulting weathering has caused extensive glaze losses and surface loss to extremities throughout and also resulted in restorations including but not limited to: Minerva head and base, Inverno left hand shoulder and base, Autumn base, Eleanor base. Each has base separate from top and have later rather crude metal spikes fitted to interiors for stability
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