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Rare meerschaum carving by Léonard Morel-Ladeuil 1850's
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A very rare find , a true museum piece . This is a mid 19th century religious oval meerschaum carving which in itself is not that rare but this one is made by the best and one of the most famous sculptors of France, Léonard Morel-Ladeuil. You can read everything about him underneath the description of the item. The meerschaum carving comes in it's original black wooden frame with domeshaped glass. This frame needs some restoration. The glass has been glued in with transparant silicone. This needs to be redone in the proper way. The carving itself is in very good condition except for a chip on the rim which is not too difficult to restore and it will not be visable when it is in the frame. The little bites around the rim of the oval sculpture are normal and are not in view at all. The detail on the carving is exquisite. This is an early work by the master himself. Early works (pre Elkington) are very scarce.As you can see in the pictures the carving is signed by Léonard Morel-Ladeuil . The carving measures 6"x 4.5", depth approx. 1.5". (11.5 x15 cm, depth approx. 4 cm). If you have any questions or want more detailed pictures please email. Please make sure before you bid that you have asked everything you wanted to know about this item and that it is the item you want. Thankyou. Please inquire about postage costs inside Europe. Postage stated for the USA is priority registered airmail. Be sure to add me to your favorites list !Check out my other items !
Priority Registered Airmail!!!! Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820 - March 15, 1888), French goldsmith and sculptor, was born at Clermont-Ferrand. He was apprenticed first to Morel, a manufacturer of bronzes, under whom he became one of the most expert chasers, or ciseleurs, in France, and then to Antoine Vechte, to acquire the art of repoussé--the art in which he was to excel. He studied further under JJ Fuchre and then attracted the notice of the comte d'Orsay and the duc de Morny, through whose recommendation the French government, desirous of popularizing the idea of the new Imperialism, commissioned him to produce the Empire Shield. Napoleon III notified his warm approval, but the trade, annoyed that a craftsman should obtain commissions direct, resented the innovation and thenceforward boycotted the young artist, whose beautiful and poetic vase, "Dance of the Willis" (the spirits dancing round the vase, above the lake represented on a dish below) none would take. He was encouraged~ nevertheless by a foreign dealer in Paris, Marché, who employed him on statuettes, mainly religious in character, until 1859, when Messrs Eikington, in view of the Great Exhibition of 1862, engaged him to work in Birmingham for three years in repoussé, assuring him a free hand. Following his silver "Night came Day," and then the "Inventions" vase, which placed him at once at the top of his profession. This was followed by the beautiful plateau called "Dreams," which was subscribed for (£500) by Birmingham as the town wedding-gift to the prince and princess of Wales. Morel-Ladeuil's contract was then renewed for five years, but as a matter of fact he remained with the firm for twenty-three years at their London house, the first result being his masterpiece the "Milton Shield: Paradise Lost" (in repoussé steel and silver), which was the sensation of the Paris Exhibition. It was bought by the English government for £3000, and thousands of copies made by galvanoplastie or electrotype were sold and spread all over the world. Then after The Months came another masterpiece, the Helicon Vase, in steel, silver, and gold, priced at oco, which in course of time was presented by the ladies and gentlemen of the royal house to Queen Victoria on her first jubilee; For the Philadelphia Exhibition (1876) Morel-Ladeuil produced "A Pompeian Lady at her Toilet," following it in 1878 with the "Bunyan Shield," a companion to the Milton. After putting forth his reliefs "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "The Merchant of Venice," and "Much Ado about Nothing," in view of his failing health he retired to Boulogn... 
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