Urn
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Cream Oolitic limestone, Bath stone
Measurements
1520 x 1000 x 1000 mm
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 105009
Summary
Pope urn George III Coronation, Large urn decorated with twisted fluting. A plain pedestal with moulded cap and plinth stones. The socle is decorated with acanthus and waterleaf. The lower bowl of the urn has reeds which infill the flutes up to the transitional joint. The upper portion is deeply fluted, there are plain inscription panels to the north and south faces. The lid has swirling acanthus decoration twisting in the counter direction to that of the urn body, the whole is topped with a ‘pineapple’ style finial.