~ Victorian Grand Tour Antique Cast Iron And Bronze Warwick Vase ~
The main urn and base are made from cast iron with the embelishments made from cast bronze.
~ The Warwick Vase ~
The Warwick Vase is an ancient Roman marble (partially restored) vase with Bacchic ornament that was discovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli about 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish painter-antiquarian and art dealer in Rome, and is now in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow in Scotland.
The vase was found in the silt of a marshy pond at the low point of the villa's extensive grounds, where Hamilton had obtained excavation rights and proceeded to drain the area. Hamilton sold the fragments to Sir William Hamilton, British envoy at the court of Naples from whose well-known collection it passed to his nephew George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, where it caused a sensation.
~ Condition ~
Please refer to the images for the condition. It is in good order with a decent patina.
~ Dimensions ~
The urn is 40 cm (16 inches) tall with a bowl diameter of 25 cm (10 inches).
