Derbyshire Alabaster Urns

A Charles X ormolu, Japanese porcelain and statuary marble potpourri. The porcelain 18th century, the mounts circa 1830. .

A fine pair of George III statuary marble busts of a boy and a girl by John de Vaere (1755 – 1830), 1798. Signed J DE-VAERE Sculpr. 1798. Considering what a sensitive and accomplished sculptor he was, surprisingly little is known about John de Vaere. Born in France in 1755, he settled in England some time before 1786 when he enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1787 he left to study in Rome, with the financial assistance of Josiah Wedgwood. In Rome he won a Silver Medal for Sculpture from the Pope and became an assistant to John Flaxman. On his return to England in 1790, he worked as a modeler for Wedgwood until the latter’s death in 1795, after which he worked with Eleanor Coade, probably replacing John Bacon...

A magnificent Louis XIV 'Rouge de Flandres' marble Baroque ‘vase’, circa 1700.

A MAGNIFICENT AND MASSIVE PAIR OF ROMAN STATUARY MARBLE AND TUSCAN ALABASTER TORCHERES, CIRCA 1800. Each with a six-light tazza form candelabrum at...

A good quality 19th century classical Alabaster and gilded ormolu urn. Having an egg and dart moulded ormolu rim, Leopard mask ring drop handles on either side, translucent Alabaster...

Very fine pair of gilded bronze and white marble covered urns from early 19th century, France.    

Each of baluster form urn surmounted by a final of scrolling foliage and flanked by carved griffin-form handles raised on a circular socle over an octagonal plinth base.

Italian Neo-Classic Fine Alabaster Grand Tour (19th Century) Urn with carved floral details and filigree design top section having 2 handles and resting on a square base (1 handle re...