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LOT 0634

Vintage Parliament Square Churchill Maquette

1974 AD

24" (18.9 kg, 61cm including base).

A bronze maquette of the famous 1971 monumental statue by the same sculptor presently standing in Parliament Square, London, this maquette commissioned by The Library of Imperial History from Ivor Roberts-Jones (1913-1996) in 1974 and cast at the same Meridian Bronze Foundry as the original; set on an inscribed cast base, to commemorate the centenary of his birth; numbered 212 and with certificate number 212, signed by the sculptor and J. Crofton of Meridian Bronze Co.

Provenance

Property of an Essex lady; acquired by inheritance.

Footnotes

This maquette was first unveiled by Earl Mountbatten of Burma at a reception held at the Hyde Park Hotel, London, 9 September 1974.

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