A CERAMIC SCULPTURE WHICH SAT FOR YEARS UNRECOGNIZED IN A FAMILY HOUSE IN EDINBURGH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A MASTER WORK BY THE ITALIAN ART DECO DESIGNER SANDRO VACCETTI. IT WILL BE OFFERED FOR DALE AT BONHAMS 'DESIGN FROM 1860' AUCTION IN LONDON ON 17.NOVEMBER, WITH AN ESTIMATED PRICE OF £8,000–10,000. THE SCULPTURE, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY TO THE FAMILY AS, 'BUTTERCUP AND DAISY', SHOWS A SAUNTERING, BARE BREASTED WOMAN IN STYLISH FLARED ORIENTAL PRINT SKIRT LEADING A LARGE TIGER-LIKE CREATURE. IT WAS BROUGHT INTO BONHAMS EDINBURGH OFFICE FOR VALUATION AND SENT TO LONDON FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. DIRECTOR OF 20th CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS, MARK OLIVER SAID, 'WHEN I HEARD I WAS TO RECEIVE A SCULPTURE FROM SCOTLAND CALLED 'BUTTERCUP AND DAISY' I IMAGINED TWO HIGHLAND COWS. I WAS DELIGHTED WHEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE SUCH A STYLISH EXAMPLE OF VACCETTI'S WORK.' THE TRUE TITLE OF THE PIECE IS 'LE DUE TIGRI'. IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE LENCI CERAMIC COMPANY IN TURIN AROUND 1930. SANDRO VACCHETTI, WHO WAS BORN IN 1889 INTO AN ARTISTIC FAMILY. WAS A KEY FIGURE IN 20th CENTURY ITALIAN CERAMIC DESIGN. HIS WORK FOR LENCI AND SUBSEQUENTLY AT HIS OWN COMPANY, ESSEVI, (NAMED AFTER HIS INITIALS) IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS AMONG THE FINEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL OF THE INTER WAR YEARS.
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