A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE OF BLUE-JOHN AND ALABASTER URNS AND COLUMNS
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A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE OF BLUE-JOHN AND ALABASTER URNS AND COLUMNS

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE OF BLUE-JOHN AND ALABASTER URNS AND COLUMNS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a large urn with part-reeded body inset with blue-john fluting, on a fluorspar and Ashford black marble plinth; a pair of tapering columns surmounted by vases on blue-john and Ashford black marble plinths; and a pair of small urns matching the larger on blue-john and Ashford black marble plinths
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high; and 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high respectively
Provenance
Princess Helena Sergevna Scherbatoff (1826-55), married to Gustaf of Nordin (1799-1867) in St. Petersburg in 1846.
By descent to their daughter Olga (1847-95), married to count Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt (1834-1908), Aske Mansion, Hatuna Socken, county of Uppsala, Sweden.
Thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 4 June 1998, lots 1-3.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU or, if the UK has withdrawn from the EU without an agreed transition deal, from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice. Cancellation under the EU Consumer Rights Directive may apply to this lot. Please see here for further information.

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