Garden vases
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
limestone
Measurements
625 mm (W)630 mm (D)1335 mm (H)1880 mm (H)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246939
Summary
Two limestone urns with lids and lions heads. Inscription of extract from Pope on plinth
Marks and inscriptions
As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, / O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light / When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, / And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; / Around her throne the vivid planets roll, / And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; / O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, / And tip with silver every mountain's head; / Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, / A flood of glory bursts from all the skies. / Pope's Iliad Bk.VII (painted on plinth)