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Lot 286
A large Dillwyn's Etruscan vase Circa 1848-50.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £540 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA large Dillwyn's Etruscan vase
Circa 1848-50.
Of amphora shape with twin handles, printed in black outline on both sides with a chariot being attacked by two griffin like creatures, within anthemion borders, 36.7cm high (restored area to the foot)
Of amphora shape with twin handles, printed in black outline on both sides with a chariot being attacked by two griffin like creatures, within anthemion borders, 36.7cm high (restored area to the foot)
Footnotes
The design is taken from Hamilton's Antiques Etrusque, Grecques and Romain. A similar vase together with the source print is illustrated by Mike Lewis, Dillwyn's Etruscan Ware 1848-50, Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part II, p 251
