A RARE MATTHEW JOHNSON COMPOSTION STONE FIGURE OF EPICETUS, MID 19TH CENTURY

Matthew W Johnsons' works rarely come onto the market. Whether this is because none of his pieces were stamped or because little was made is uncertain. An incomplete catalogue dating from the mid 19^th Century exists and he advertises the company as Sculptors and Masons as well as producing figures, fountains and vases in artificial stone “warranted to resist frost”. The firm operated from New Road, Fitzroy Square, London and claimed “an immense variety of designs for inspection.