An Early Victorian Papier-mâché Vase by Jennens & Bettridge, London c.1840-50 sub-Art & Sculpture the picture has a beautiful

the picture has a beautiful balance and a sense of the high curiosity of the cats is beautifully well realised

albeit slightly neurotic

the only sense of her weight provided by the splay of her skirt

a method recently invented by the French

with capitals either of plain mouldings or simple flat Ionic form

An Early Victorian Papier-mâché Vase by Jennens & Bettridge, London c.1840-50 sub-Art & Sculpture the picture has a beautifulOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 50 Height: 14 Diameter: 7 (at extremities) The papier mch vase of elegant baluster form with neo classical figural decoration to a sea green ground with black banding and gilt swagged highlights, the central band in a chocolate brown with the beautiful hand painted figures in ivory, the whole being a very scarce model by Jennens & Bettridge and surviving from the early Victorian