Lot 329
ALBERT TOFT (1862-1959)
'PEACE', CIRCA 1912
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
bronze, marble plinth, signed in the bronze A. TOFT
Dimensions
bronze 15cm high, with plinth 19cm high
Footnote
Note: This bronze by Toft is a reduction of Peace, which forms part of his memorial to Edward VII, currently standing in Centenary Square, Birmingham. The full-size version was originally paid for by the readers of the Birmingham Mail after the King's death in 1910 and unveiled in Victoria Square in 1913, before moving to Highgate Park in 1951. It was removed from the park in 2009 and, after restoration, installed in Centenary Square.
The memorial depicts a stone standing figure of the King in Field Marshal's uniform and Garter Robes set on high sandstone plinth with bronze groups of Education and Progress (including youth and boy with model of Tower Bridge) on the left side and Peace on the right.
