Late 19th/early 20th century, signed verso ''Lous. Carrier. Belleuse'', with indecipherable black overglaze mark in script, a faience-glazed porcelain bust of Velleda, her thistle-embroidered hooded cloak adorned with oak branches, raised on a waisted ebonized wooden socle, overall: 30.5'' H x 16.75'' W x 12.75'' D, est: $1000/1500

The bust: 24.625'' H. Overall good condition, with scattered scratches and nicks throughout. Several professionally executed restorations with corresponding glaze discoloration throughout. Scattered nicks and losses to oak leaves; the largest an approximately 1.5'' break and glued repair.