Vase
Category
Metalwork
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Tole and ormolu
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608546
Summary
A pair of French navy tole vases with a slender body with everted rim. Fitted with ormolu mounts around rim and base. Ormolu swan's head terminals to two side handles. Raised on a square tole plinth decorated with ormolu leaf border. Manufactured in France circa 1810.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).