The Coade Farnese Flora at St John's College, Oxford
Indented COADE LONDON
The date is not clear they say 1780's ??
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Two Coade Artificial Stone Female Statues representing Spring and Summer.
The figure of Spring indented on the integral base COADE
LONDON. 1791
They do not provides sizes and it is not clear whether the plinths / bases are original.
Sotheby's state in the catalogue -
Both with surface abrasions, scattered chips, and losses.
Both with terracotta-colored pigment. Both with restorations throughout. The
figure of Spring with repaired neck, arms, one hand, and some fingers. Some
small losses and repair to back of drapery, and proper right toes. The figure
of Summer with restoration to neck, arms, and several fingers. Some small
restorations to drapery and to some toes
"It is possible that the present figures are two of the four
sold from the Estate of William G. Elmslie by O'Reilly's Plaza Art Gallery, New
York, on June 4, 1959. That set of figures was acquired by French and Company,
Inc., New York, and one from the set, representing Autumn (of the same
dimensions) was sold by Christie's New York, October 18, 2001, lot 133".
Sothebys New York Lot 368 30 January 2014
Both figures illustrated here have been adapted from the standard Models in the Coade Catalogue of 1784. depicting the figures holding lamps.
Sold individually or as a set of four in two sizes - 3' 6" or 4' 6".
A Coade Artificial Stone Statuerecently with Arabesque Antiques
Dimensions - H 43" x W 14" x D 14".
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Pomona - No 12 in the 1784 Coade Artificial Stone Catalogue.
I currently prefer to use the Catalogue on the Website of the Paris Bibliotheque Nationale.
The images are clearer and easily enlarged - It has also been amended in pen and ink with the catalogue number of each item.
Recommended.
I will in due course publish the copies of the Coade catalogues in the Soane Museum and the Royal academy but these will be for reference only.
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