Sculptor - Caroline Peddle Ball
Title - A Trophy
Sand Cast Bronze
Griffoul
Circa 1914
6 1/4" height
(16 cm tall)
Caroline Peddle Ball (1869-1938) was a childhood friend of sculptress Janet Scudder and went on to study with Augustus Saint Gaudens in NY. She also did work for Tiffany while she was in NYC in the 1890s. She studied in Europe from 1895 to 1900 and while in Paris she sculpted the figure Victory for the 1900 Paris Exposition for which she won an Honorable Mention. She returned to the US in 1902 and maintained a working studio until her death. She specialized in small bronzes and bas relief plaques of children but she also did some larger public sculptures. She exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago,the National Academy of Design, the Boston Art Club, among others. The fine small bronze of a young Boy proudly showing off a big horseshoe crab is titled "A Trophy" and a cast of this same sculpture is in the collection of the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute IN where she was born.
This is one of her best works, it has great personality with the little boy happily holding up his catch. He has a big smile and a big straw hat too. There is even a starfish and a small shell on the base by his feet.
The bronze has a rich dark brown patina, it is signed and dated 1914 on the base, and it was cast by the Griffoul Foundry of NJ.
This sculpture has been Sold
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