Jan & John Maggs

Antiques and Art

Parian ware female figure, probably Beatrice

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Parian ware originated in mid-nineteenth-century England as a ceramic substitute for Parian marble. First claimed by Copeland, numerous English manufacturers satisfied the demand by the British public for this alternative to stone, which could be readily shaped to resemble carved marble.

A lovely example from another British pottery firm, James and Thomas Bevington, of Hanley, near Stoke-on-Trent. The gallery from which we obtained this piece suggests that it might represent Shakespear’s Juliet or the real-life Beatrice d’Este. The Bevington firm produced small busts of both women, but this example is neither of them.

England, c. 1860. Stamped “J & T B / 277”

Price: $175

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