A pair of rare and unusually large Handyside foundry cast iron urns on pedestals
second half of the 19th century
| Condition: |
rust showing through layers of old white paint and good antique condition and appearance with no other visible losses or damages. |
| Estimate: |
£1,200 - £1,800
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Hammer price:
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£1,561 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
the urns 56cms high by 100cms diameter, overall 120cms high
Andrew Handyside started the foundry in 1806 and by 1851 the firm had expanded and was operating out of the Britannia Iron Works in Derby. At the Great Exhibition they exhibited a Medici vase, a Bacchanalian vase as well as a bronzed iron example of this piece decorated with busts of Peel, Nelson, Watt, Wellington, Stephenson, Scott, Shakespeare and Milton. At the time, the foundry was described as being "from the magnitude of its operations, second to none in England". The foundry produced a wide range of wares, from large engineering products such as bridges, down to a range of garden ornaments including fountains and urns. They produced two catalogues in 1848 and 1874 in which this urn is illustrated as No.9c and the pedestal No.5a.
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