A Limoges porcelain bust of a maiden, 'Esperante', Henri Ardant et Cie, circa 1870, after Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, modelled with a ribbon and flower in the hair and a low decolletage, on a moulded circular socle, white bisque porcelain with natural tints and coloured details and socle, impressed 'A. Carrier' to the reverse and with impressed Ha et Cie factory mark underside, 38 cm high