Title: Antique Neoclassical Style Gilt Wood & Led Metal Planters Urn Bowls
Shipping: $49.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 19th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Very Good
Item Date: 1800 to 1900
Item ID: 5586
Early 19th Century Pair of hand carved Italian gilt wood fluted urns with classic antique swag and carved detailing. Gold painted finish. Perfect old planters for your every need in our extensive collection. Whether you want to start an herb garden in your kitchen or home, I know these one of a kind antique planters will suit your needs. Planters come in all shapes, sizes and designs and can be made from just about any type of material. Browse our selection. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers & Consultants. Browse our selection. We know that you will be pleased with our art collectibles and our great prices.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urns
An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered, that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. "Knife urns" placed on pedestals flanking a dining-room sideboard were an English innovation for high-style dining rooms of the late 1760s. They went out of fashion in the following decade, in favour of knife boxes that were placed on the sideboard.
In Classical terms, an urn is a large decorative covered container of wood, metal, pottery, etc. In furniture, it was a large wooden vase-like container which was usually set on a pedestal on either side of a side table. This was the characteristic of Adam designs and also of Hepplewhite's work. Urns were also used as decorative turnings at the cross points of stretchers in 16th and 17th century furniture designs. The urn and the vase were often set on the central pedestal in a "broken" or "swan's" neck pediment.
