Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th October 2022
Lot 351
AN ALABASTER URN AND COVER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
AN ALABASTER URN AND COVER
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the cover with a beaded and turned knop, above a rim carved with interwoven ribbon decoration, the body with a rim of short stiff leaves above plantain leaves, the stem with a beaded knop, on a stepped circular foot (2)
53.5cm high, 22.5cm diameter
Catalogue Note
The pink banding is reminiscent of the alabaster used extensively at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire that was mined at nearby Ratcliffe of Soar in Nottinghamshire.