POSSIBLY BY JOHN VARDY, CIRCA 1760

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III LEAD URNS
POSSIBLY BY JOHN VARDY, CIRCA 1760
Each with open circular top, the tapering sides with grotesque masks linked by swags of palm fronds, on moulded base
12½ in. (32.5 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

An almost identical pair was sold by the late 2nd Viscount Camrose, Christie's house sale, Hackwood Park, 20-22 April 1998, lot 129.
The early provenance of the Hackwood Park urns is unknown. The crossed palm-fronds however, relate to the palm and bullrush ornament that John Vardy (d.1765), the architect responsible for the remodelling of Hackwood Park for the fifth duke of Bolton (c.1761-3), used repeatedly on mirrors for the house.

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