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The Pleasure Stolen and Mother and Child are Parian sculptures credited to W. Brownfield of Cobridge, their drapery flowing and unglazed. Dating from the later 1800s, they recall marble statues. Read its story.
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William Brownfield ran the Cobridge works on his own account from 1850, and in the 1870s the firm added Parian to its wares. These figures are credited to the firm, and they turn to classical and romantic themes.
Each sculpture tells its story through pose and gesture alone, symbolic storytelling made in porcelain. Every figure is posed with elegance, movement and emotion held in balance.
Soft light moves across the smooth bisque and lingers on the realistic faces, where the unglazed finish sharpens every fine detail. Together the titles tell a Victorian romance, a moment of stolen pleasure answered by the quiet care of a mother for her child.
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