Jewellery, 19th/20th Century Design & Ceramics

RACHEL RECKITT SCULPTURE - RICE PLANTER an interesting wrought iron sculpture, 'Rice Planter No 2', the sculpture mounted on a wooden base with a thin layer of metal covering. 23ins (58cms) high *This sculpture was sold by Lawrences at our Taunton Branch in 1996. It was part of a studio collection which included three versions of the Rice Planter, one of which illustrated in the original catalogue (included with this lot). *Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) was an artist, sculptor and wood engraver. Reckitt studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in the late 1930's under Iain Macnab. As a young woman she exhibited with the London Group, the most avant-garde group of artists of the period which included figures such as Henry Moore, Victor Pascoe and Graham Sutherland.