As mentioned
HERE,
Robinson and Leadbeater glazed a number of their popular parian busts, to give them an antiqued appearance. These are much scarcer than the white examples, for which the company was renowned. I now have four of the seven ABW busts in this finish, the one of Baden-Powell being the most recent acquisition. I am still looking for Macdonald, French and Kitchener.
Interestingly, the glazed version of BP is noticeably smaller than the "naked" bust (213 mm opposed to 221 mm high). In the past dealers have told me that this difference in size can indicate that a piece is a re-cast (due to shrinkage of the mould taken from the original). It is certainly the case that Robinson & Leadbeater's Boer War busts were copied, a situation that led to the company taking A. Nieri Fabbri & Co. to court in July 1900.
London Evening Standard, 18th August 1900
TO MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS IN CHINA, PARIAN and PLASTER of PARIS MODELS.
LAWTON, LEADBEATER, and ROBINSON (trading as Robinson and Leadbeater), of Stoke-upon-Trent, v. FABBRI (trading as A. Nieri Fabbri and Company), of 2, Leicester Place, Little Saffron Hill, Clerkenwell Road, London E.C.
Take Notice that, by an ORDER of his Lordship, Mr Justice Kekewich in this action, dated the 20th July 1900, the Defendant, FRANCESCO FABBRI, was RESTRAINED until judgement in the above action, or further order, from making, importing, causing to be made or imported, or exposing for sale or otherwise disposing of any pirated copy or cast of the Plaintiff’s copyright SCUPLTURES, MODELS, or BUSTS of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Generals Buller, Hector Macdonald, Sir George White, French, and Major General Baden-Powell, or any of them, and Notice is hereby Given, that proceedings will be taken in the High Court of Justice against any person or persons making, importing, causing to be made, or exposing for sale, or otherwise disposing of any pirated copy or cast of the Plaintiffs’ copyright sculptures, models or busts.
MARSHALL and ASHWELL, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs.
The two types side by side, clearly showing the difference in size.
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