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A Victorian sterling silver foliate-decorated two-handled urn by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London, 1897
26 October 2015, 10:00 EDT
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A Victorian sterling silver foliate-decorated two-handled urn
by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London, 1897
In the form of an Antique skyphos, repousse-decorated with berried ivy branches, weight approximately 67.5oz troy
height 10in (25.5cm); width over handles 14.25in (36cm).
In the form of an Antique skyphos, repousse-decorated with berried ivy branches, weight approximately 67.5oz troy
height 10in (25.5cm); width over handles 14.25in (36cm).
Footnotes
The form and decoration of this urn is based on a drinking vessel uncovered during an archaeological dig in Pompeii in 1835. During antiquity ivy was thought to be a remedy for headaches as well as a symbol for immortality.
Examples of such skyphoi can be found in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Musée d'Archéologie nationale et Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, (illustrated in Blair, Claude, ed. The History of Silver, New York, 1987, p. 19), and the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
