A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRECHE VOILETTE MARBLE URNS

The Property of THE EARL OF SHELBURNE Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire (Lots 39-41) The following three lots formed part of the furniture of the big house at Bowood House, Wiltshire, largely demolished in 1955-56. The first Earl of Shelburne bought the grounds from Sir Orlando Bridgeman in 1754 with a modest house. He then employed Henry Keene to enlarge the existing structure. In 1760, his son employed Robert Adam to further extend and modernise the building

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRECHE VOILETTE MARBLE URNS
LATE 18TH CENTURY

Each with moulded gadrooned everted rim with channelled pierced handles, the reeded bulbous body carved with upspringing foliage, on a spirally-fluted moulded spreading circular socle
10¼in. x 15¼in. (26cm. x 39cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

These strap-handled vases with their reed-filled and palm-wrapped flutes and serpentine-fluted stems, combine elements from a variety of antique vases and cinerary-urns, such as those popularised by G.B. Piranesi's Vasi, Candelabri etc., Rome, 1778. Such vases reflect the early 19th Century fashion for garnishing the entire house with antique vases that was popularised by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807

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