Peter Hone (b.1941) Neoclassical Wall Plaque After 18th Century Model

"Neoclassical Family Bringing Offerings" ("The Sacrifice to Love") 
Peter Hone (b.1941) after William Hackwood (c.1757–1839)
Plaster of Paris relief wall plaque after a late 18th Century jasperware original produced by Wedgwood
Signed & dated with casting details verso
Cast London, 10th February 2003

Measures:-
23 cm high x 25.2 cm wide x 2 cm deep

A plaque depicting three figures in profile wearing Greek classical costume, beneath a tree. A woman to the left bears fruit and with a jug at her feet, a child to the centre plays a double flute and a bearded man kneels to the right presenting a basket of fruit. To the right hand side is a censer on a stand from which incense smoke is billowing. The whole painted in contrasting light-blue, leaving the raised relief elements in plain cream plaster to emulate Wedgwood jasperware. Two integral wire loops for suspension, moulded into the back of the plaster. Signed and dated verso "-P J Hone / 10th Feb 2003 AD / London-"

A very imposing neoclassical plaque, cast by the famous modern master plaster-caster Peter Hone (b.1941). This figure grouping is taken from the central portion of a plaque entitled "The Sacrifice to Love" attributed to William Hackwood (c.1757–1839) and originally produced by Josiah Wedgwood in about 1778, during the Wedgwood & Bentley period. The full relief shows various figures bringing offerings and sacrifices to a temple of Cupid (absent to the left). A partial original, just with this central section of the plaque, was in Hone's personal collection (see Lot 290, Lay's Auctioneers, Penzance, Cornwall "Peter Hone: The London Collection. Tranche II" 12th October 2023).