Miss Mary Sims Binyon was the daughter of the architect and artist Brightwen Binyon. He lived in Suffolk and in Bushey, Hertfordshire and probably attended the Herkomer School of Art. He died in 1905 and is buried in Bushey churchyard. Miss Binyon was a pupil at the Bushey School of Painting between 1906 and 1916 having trained under Lucy Kemp-Welch. She exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1916.

I seen 3 different models signed by this artist.

1. A young girl kneeling to feed a lamb. It is a 14cm tall and glazed in a matt green and has an incised signature and pencil note of “No12” and a price of “24/- with stand”. I assume that these were produced for sale. Also seen in a paler green

2. A bird of prey and is 15cm tall and has a painted signature and decorated with a similar matt green glaze

3. A Japanese lady dressed in a Kimono by the artist Mary Binyon. It is 21.5cm tall and signed on the underside. Again glazed in green with black details.

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