Angel Font
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844)
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Parian
Measurements
210 x 105 x 200 mm
Place of origin
Copenhagen
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1149423
Summary
Font. A ceramic, Parian Ware, Angel Font after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844). Parian ware font or water stoop, statuette figure of a kneeling angel holding a scallop shell. Stamped 'Eneret T' on back of base. After B. Thorvaldson (Copenhagen Cathedral).
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Marks and inscriptions
Eneret T (stamped on back of base)
Makers and roles
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), sculptor