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14        Pottery.: The Distressed Mother-Statuette of Innocence. 
POTTERY. 
STATUETTE: The Distressed Mother, in Parian, manufactured by Mintons. 
The marble group from which this is a reduction was, we believe, first 
designed and executed 
as a memorial to Mrs. 
Warren, who was emi- 
nent for her charity, 
and it was placed in 
Westminster Abbey as 
a representation of such 
as she loved to relieve. 
Its  touching   charm, 
however, caused several 
Irepetitions of it to be 
executed, one of which 
is at Bowood, in the 
possession  of   Lord 
Lansdowne. Although 
produced many years 
ago by Sir Richard, 
then Mr. Westmacott, 
it still holds its place 
first among sculptured 
groups of maternal af- 
fection; of which every 
season  gives us two 
or three. Wandering, 
weary, and forlorn, the 
poor young mother, like 
another Hagar and her 
infant babe, rest awhile 
by the wayside. This, 
as Sir Francis Chantrey 
-            used to say, is a "sub- 
ject of the affections" 
to which we are, in 
this country, peculiarly 
alive; which will al- 
ways make it a fa- 
Original 13 inches high, 7j inches wide at base.  vourite even with those
who detect some short- 
comings in the original modelling. Its appearing thus as a statuette does
honour to the liberality of our veteran sculptor and the choice of the manu-
facturers. 
STATUETTE: Dancing Girl, in statuary porcelain, manufactured by Copelands
for the Art-Union of London. 
This is a cast from a reduced copy, by Mr. Cheverton's machine, of Mar- 
shairs marble statue, executed for the Art-Union, and of which some copies
are to be presented to certain prizeholders of 1848. On the whole, we think
this the most successful statuette which this Institution has produced. It
is 
better adapted for the Porcelain material than Mr. Foley's "Boy at the
Stream," which was the previous prize of this character, and we should
say 
easier to make. The specimen we have examined is very perfect in its manu-
facture, and the "body  is of an improved tone by its nearer approach
to Parian. 
We understand that subscribers' copies will be ready in about two months.
STATUETTE: Prince of Wales, in a sailor-boy's costume, manufactured by 
Mintons. 
A highly pleasing adaptation to Parian of Winterhalter's picture-the