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Urn and cover

Vase and Cover
ca. 1700 - ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This urn with cover was probably made in France, Dieppe, in ca. 1700-50. This urn is made in ivory with a silver finial, and the two handles is probably a later addition, as is the base. Both base and cover seem to have been made using a lathe initially (machine-marks are visible on the inside of the body and the cover), and then carved. This ivory urn is probably based on a print by Pietro Sante (Santi) Bartoli (1615-1700), first published in 1697 in P.S. Bartoli, Gli antichi sepolcri, overo mausolei romani..., pl. 100; see Oechslin 1982, cat. no. 74. Bartoli's engraving depicts a marble funerary urn from a grave outside the Porta Solaria, Rome.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUrn and cover (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Ivory with a silver finial
Brief description
Urn and cover, ivory with a silver finial, probably France, probably Dieppe, ca. 1700-50
Physical description
This ivory urn with a silver finial is in the style of an antique urn, with an integral cover and two handles. Round the body of the base is a scrolled band of stylised foliage in relief; the lower part tapers to the moulded scalloped foot. Stands on an integral rectangular base. The cover is carved with spiral gadrooned scallops, and is surmounted by a silver finial in the form of an acorn.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 4.5in
Credit line
Bequeathed by H.L. Florence
Object history
Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence Esq., formerly of 16 Royal Crescent, Bath, in 1916.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This urn with cover was probably made in France, Dieppe, in ca. 1700-50. This urn is made in ivory with a silver finial, and the two handles is probably a later addition, as is the base. Both base and cover seem to have been made using a lathe initially (machine-marks are visible on the inside of the body and the cover), and then carved. This ivory urn is probably based on a print by Pietro Sante (Santi) Bartoli (1615-1700), first published in 1697 in P.S. Bartoli, Gli antichi sepolcri, overo mausolei romani..., pl. 100; see Oechslin 1982, cat. no. 74. Bartoli's engraving depicts a marble funerary urn from a grave outside the Porta Solaria, Rome.
Associated object
17239 (Prototype)
Bibliographic references
  • Bartoli, Pietro Santo. Gli antichi sepolcri overo Mausolei romani et etruschi. Rome, 1697, pl. 100
  • Oechalin, Werner. Die Vase. Zurich: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich, 1982, no. 74
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 79
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 258, p. 271
Collection
Accession number
A.32-1917

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Record createdMay 6, 2005
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