Lot Essay
The design for a similar pair of marble vases is illustrated in The Crystal Palace Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue, London 1851, page71.
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PENZANCE, CORNWALL, CIRCA 1851
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A pair of English pietra dura and Noir de namur marble ewers
Penzance, Cornwall, Circa 1851
Each with a foliate overhanging lip, above a slender neck, flanked to the side by a scroll handle with a swan lower terminal, the ovoid body decorated to the front and back with spring flowers, above a gadrooned lower section, on a waisted stepped spreading circular socle
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high (2)
Penzance, Cornwall, Circa 1851
Each with a foliate overhanging lip, above a slender neck, flanked to the side by a scroll handle with a swan lower terminal, the ovoid body decorated to the front and back with spring flowers, above a gadrooned lower section, on a waisted stepped spreading circular socle
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high (2)
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