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URN FROM GARNITURE (ONE OF TWO)

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer) , Tiffany & Co. (Retailer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Covers of urns can be reversed to form receptacles for solid perfume to be burned. This shape is called a cassolette or brûle-parfum, a brazier. Urns are in red marble decorated with bronze swags, supported by tripods resting on a circular marble base, with an openwork metal vine scroll within a recess.

Object name:
URN FROM GARNITURE (ONE OF TWO)
Made from:
Marble -- bronze
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
early 20th Century
Size:
30.5 cm (12 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
16.38.4-5
Class:
TIMEPIECE
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION In the marble underneath: "FRANCE"
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973