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Lot Essay
The Coade catalogue of 1784 lists thirty-four different designs for vases but the most popular models throughout the history of the firm were the Medici and Borghese vases based on Roman originals.
This type of urn, of Greek kalyx-krater form, takes its nomenclature from the association of the Antique prototype with the Medici family. The original is mentioned in the Villa Medici inventory of 1598.
There are examples of Coade Medici vases at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire and two at Kew Gardens. One of the Kew vases was made in 1817 by the sculptor and modeller William Croggon, who had joined the Coade factory in 1813 and was purchased by the architect John Nash for George IV when Prince Regent for the decoration of the gardens at the Royal Lodge at Windsor.
This type of urn, of Greek kalyx-krater form, takes its nomenclature from the association of the Antique prototype with the Medici family. The original is mentioned in the Villa Medici inventory of 1598.
There are examples of Coade Medici vases at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire and two at Kew Gardens. One of the Kew vases was made in 1817 by the sculptor and modeller William Croggon, who had joined the Coade factory in 1813 and was purchased by the architect John Nash for George IV when Prince Regent for the decoration of the gardens at the Royal Lodge at Windsor.