Jardinière
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1840 - 1860
Materials
Hardwood (rosewood?)
Measurements
81 cm (H); 64 cm (W); 64 cm (D)
Place of origin
India
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196498
Caption
One of the triumphs of Victorian carving at Speke Hall is this highly ornate plant stand. Its tripod form is intricately hung with vine trails from which three fierce lions leap out.
Summary
A carved hardwood jardinière, Anglo-Indian School, mid-19th century. Rosewood, possibly padouk, with a circular bowl carved with grapevines and scrolling foliage, supported on a spreading triangular base with ornately carved central urn, pierced scrolling vine leaves and grapevine borders to three passant lions, scroll feet. Anglo-Indian is a term given to 18th- and 19th-century furniture and decorative objects made by local cabinetmakers in India for the British colonial market.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.