A terracotta plaque decorated with figures in high relief, flanking an armorial shield
signed E C Spruce Sculpt
68cm high by 295cm long
See lot 152 for similar example
| Condition: | No visible stamps on the back; some small chips visible in photograph; in need of putting back together but no major structural losses or damages |
| Estimate: | £2,000 - £4,000 |
Edward Caldwell Spruce (1865 – 1922) was an English sculptor and artist who mainly worked in Leeds.
Spruce was born in Knutsford, Cheshire. Between 1891 and 1893 he was a student at the Leeds College of Art where he also taught clay modelling.
Spruce first worked at a local tile factory before moving to Burmantofts Pottery in Leeds, where he was principal modeller. His work there includes some fine panels on the Midland Hotel, Manchester. He went to Paris to study art and returned to Leeds to set up as a freelance artist with a studio in Chapeltown, Leeds. In this he was successful, performing numerous portrait commissions of contemporary figures including a bust of the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Sir James Kitson. Between 1906 and 1915 he exhibited at least four works at the Royal Academyi n London. He also created the panels for the war memorial at Baliff Bridge in West Yorkshire.Possibly Spruce's best known work is the 1918 large multi-figure memorial to the Leeds businessman Sam Wilson at Lawnswood Cemetry in Leeds. The monument is recognised by Historic England with a Grade II listings.
architectural, garden ornament
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