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Urn

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1810

GUSN

GUSN-5050

Description

Circular base with short stem; ovoid body with frieze of draped and nude males, females and a satyr in high relief; flat shoulder, short neck, everted rim, short cylindrical liner; screw extends from liner through to base holding the liner, body and stem together.

Details

Descriptive Terms

urns
bronze (metal)
Bronze
URN

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

15.875 x 8.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.462AB

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