An English lead campana vase, on a carved stone column

THE VASE ATTRIBUTED TO THE BROMSGROVE GUILD, CIRCA 1910

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An English lead campana vase, on a carved stone column
The vase attributed to the Bromsgrove Guild, Circa 1910
The circular egg-and-dart overhanging rim above a waisted body with bacchic frieze representing putti carrying vine and grapes, the lower section with accanthus, flanked to each side by a scroll handle with acanthus terminal, on a moulded circular spreading socle and base; on an associated reeded stone truncated column with octagonal foot
The vase: 32 in. (86 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide The column: 36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

Walter Gilbert established The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts in 1894. Based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, it was formerly a foundry and at first they continued supplying decorative ironwork, quickly expanding into a variety of fields. The firm was awarded a Grand Prix medal in the Paris Exhibition of 1900 and St. Louis, 1904. They set up a London outlet in 1908 and supplied the splendid gates to Buckingham Palace, receiving Royal Warrants from both Edward VII and George V.

A similar Garden Vase may be found in the Bromsgrove Guild's 1908 catalogue, No.31, at the price of 25 Guineas.

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