PAIR OF SPIRAL FLUTED URNS

Details

AFTER A DESIGN BY WILLIAM KENT, ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY
PAIR OF SPIRAL FLUTED URNS
Reconstituted stone; the spiral stop-fluted ovoid body on waisted socle and rectangular plinth; each on a square pedestal
48 ½ in. (123 cm.) high; 89 in. (226 cm.) high, overall

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Lot Essay

The design of this spirally fluted urn is illustrated in John Vardy's Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent, 1744, in which this urn, alongside another, are described as ‘Two Vases with Pedestals for Mr Pope’. This refers to designs for Alexander Pope's garden at Twickenham, overlooking the Thames, which was to become one of the most original contributions in the history of English garden design.

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