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Object name(s):
furniture; Pair of Urns and Pedestals
Brief description:
Pair of mahogany urns and pedestals. The urns are carved with masks and swags, the bases with swags and paterae.
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition method:
given
Acquisition source:
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Credit line:
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam.
Dimension:
Depth
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
49
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
65
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
49.2
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Urn
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
68.3
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Pedestal
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
93.5
Material:
mahogany
Object component name:
Urn
Object component name:
Pedestal
Object name:
furniture; Pair of Urns and Pedestals
Object number:
M.2-1948
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1770
Date - latest:
1770
Date - period:
18th Century, Late
Date - period:
George III
Object production place:
England
Object production place:
England
Place status:
country
Other number:
M.2-1948
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
95940
Other number type:
priref
Other number type:
uri
Responsible department/section:
Applied Arts
Style:
Neoclassical
Technique:
carving
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam, Fortieth Annual Report, for the Year 1948
Reference details:
2
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d517cca-bf80-3110-a49c-1b78c9c02d81

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d517cca-bf80-3110-a49c-1b78c9c02d81, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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