EARLY 19TH CENTURY

This urn corresponds to no. VII in the 1807 priced catalogue of the Taillerie de Porphyre at Alvdalen, Sweden, which was illustrated in the Prix-Courant des différentes pièces de la Manufacture de Porphyre d'Elfdal en Suède, qui se vendant a Stockholm Sous l'adresse de la Direction de la Manufancture de Porphyres d'Elfdal. Indeed, in a letter dated 22 May 1799, the ciseleur de la Cour Fredrik Ludvig Rung discussed the price and the cost of mounting porphyry urns (see detail).

A porphyry vase of identical shape, but slightly larger and with ormolu foot, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 7 December 1995, lot 92.