Urn
Category
Metalwork
Date
1774 - 1792
Materials
jasper and ormolu
Measurements
540 mm (H)295 mm (Diameter)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246335.1
Summary
One of a pair of Louis XVI jasper urns. The conical body, stem and domed cover are of brown and grey jasper. The urn is mounted with finely chased ormolu (gilt metal). The design of the metalwork includes interlaced, ribbon like, bands known as guilloches, leafy finials and satyr heads with vine and grape festoons. The urn sits on a square base with leaf mouldings and patera feet.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Saloon, page 25.