Baluster vase
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Chalcedony vase.
Measurements
180 x 75 x 76 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517588
Summary
Striated brown-grey and blue chalcedony flattened baluster vase, on a tortoise base. Carved on one side with a gamma Sennin and on the other with a dragon and a phoenix with mask. Loose ring handles to the neck. Cover pierced with peonies.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.