Early Handyside Tazza Centrepiece Urn No.9 & Plinth c.1860

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Early Handyside Tazza Centrepiece Urn No.9 & Plinth c.1860A superb oversized Tazza Urn No. 9 with original sectional plinth No. 5 A by the renowned English Foundry the Andrew Handyside Company (Britannia Iron Works, Derby) c. 1860 The grand scale centrepiece tazza style urn on its original sectional pedestal has a wide and shallow saucer shaped bowl set upon a raised spreading socle foot. The gadrooned body of the urn surmounted by a lobed everted rim is decorated with egg and dart. Cast iron with original

From a English Country House collection

classic ornamentation and paw feet

possibly more gentle and Regal

In superb condition with sharp definition and a very regal look

the form of the putto was derived in various ways including the Greek Eros or Roman Amor/Cupid

A beautiful 19th Century French Two-tiered Fountain with just the perfect amount of patina and wear

The sunflower at sunset

Noble exhibited the first (one of three made) at The Royal Academy in 1854 which now resides in the Royal Collection Trust

Votive offerings were gifted to the gods often in shrines and temples

but also within the ‘Lararium’ shrine within the Roman home

The Rococo style mirror is deeply carved

‘Shoji’ (relating to the ceramic artist Shoji Hamada) but talking of the sliding paper partition screen found in Japanese homes