A pair of cast iron Warwick urns, probably Handyside
circa 1860 each 57cm.; 22½ins high The marble original of this urn was discovered in 1771. It was purchased by Sir William Hamilton and sold after restoration to the Earl of Warwick, who for a long time forbade casts to be made of it. Eventually bronze and cast iron replicas were made and it was copied on a reduced scale in silver, bronze and terracotta by artists using the prints by Piranese. It is perhaps the most famous antique vase after the Medici and Borghese urns. By repute, it headed a list of art treasures compiled by Napoleon Bonaparte, to be appropriated after the conquest of Great Britain. A similar Warwick urn is illustrated in the 1850 Handyside catalogue. See also footnote to lot 415
A pair of cast iron Warwick urns, probably Handyside
circa 1860 each 57cm.; 22½ins high The marble original of this urn was discovered in 1771. It was purchased by Sir William Hamilton and sold after restoration to the Earl of Warwick, who for a long time forbade casts to be made of it. Eventually bronze and cast iron replicas were made and it was copied on a reduced scale in silver, bronze and terracotta by artists using the prints by Piranese. It is perhaps the most famous antique vase after the Medici and Borghese urns. By repute, it headed a list of art treasures compiled by Napoleon Bonaparte, to be appropriated after the conquest of Great Britain. A similar Warwick urn is illustrated in the 1850 Handyside catalogue. See also footnote to lot 415
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