Lot 138
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A PAIR OF BLUE JOHN AND FLUORSPAR CAMPANA VASES
A PAIR OF BLUE JOHN AND FLUORSPAR CAMPANA VASES
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A PAIR OF BLUE JOHN AND FLUORSPAR CAMPANA VASES

DERBYSHIRE, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BLUE JOHN AND FLUORSPAR CAMPANA VASES
DERBYSHIRE, MID-19TH CENTURY
The sectional bodies each formed with three concentric rings, the upper of which is turned from contrasting blue john, on square plinth bases
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diameter
Provenance
R.L. Harrington Ltd., London, where acquired, 12 June 1968.

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Lot Essay

The large crystalline structure of the contrasting rim-bands employed for these striking vases indicates that it was probably mined from the 'Winnats Five Vein', a sample of which is illustrated in, T.D. Ford, Derbyshire Blue John (Ashbourne, 2000, p. 35), Ford also discusses the quantities of plain fluorspar and 'Hatterel' discovered in the veins which were mined on the northern flank of Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, and it is from here that the lower sections of these vases were probably mined.

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