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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT COVERED URNS
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT COVERED URNS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT COVERED URNS
Late 18th Century
Each of two handled campagna-form with a later domed cover the body with a band of laurel leaves, on a circular spreading foot, each with a metal liner, each with a typed label EX COLL. HENRY DUPONT/WINTERTHUR MUSEUM
13in. (34cm.) (2)
Provenance
Henry Francis du Pont

Lot Essay

While the fame of his collecting rests mainly in the realm of American furniture, it is less well known that Henry Francis du Pont also originally furnished his private residence at Winterthur with European furniture and decorative arts, much of which was sold in these Rooms, 14 October 1994.