A Set of Four Victorian Style Painted Cast Iron Urns and Plinths

20th Century

Height of urns 40 inches; height of plinths 23 1/2 x width 23 1/2 x depth 23 1/2 inches.

Property from a Private Collection

Each example is enormously heavy and probably weighs 500 pounds each for the urn on its base.
Wear and surface discoloration commensurate with age, use, and having lived outside for several decades. Dirt and residue throughout consistent with use. Multiple layers of paint are visible and the most recent layer of white paint is starting to flake and separate. Between the current white paint is a cream colored paint. Few cracks associated to casting, but none that cause any structural concern.

Note that the published photograph shows one urn reproduced four times. Between the four urns there are subtle variations in patina, discoloration and small amounts of paint loss. Please request a complete condition report.

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Corbin Horn

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Mr. Horn joined the firm in 2009 and has directed numerous sales of important collections, including those of Lilly Pulitzer, Lord Anthony and Lady Jacobs, Lars Bolander, Casa de Sueños in Miami Beach, and Villa Massei in Lucca, Italy. He has also achieved record results for consignments from prominent institutions, including the Toledo Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Minnesota Historical Society. Mr. Horn is a member of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an alumnus of the Attingham Trust.

European Furniture & Decorative Arts

A Set of Four Victorian Style Painted Cast Iron Urns and Plinths

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