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Lead Putti Duo Fountain c.1860A charming lead garden fountain portraying a pair of Putti Figures in each others arms whilst clasping a cornucopia. c. 1860 One putti is sniffing the scent of the flower, as his mischievous friend holds it to his face knowing that the cornucopia shell will soon spout water over the unsuspecting cherub! In the ancient classical world of art Putti were infants that were believed to influence human lives. In Renaissance art, the form of the putto was

The statue has a time-worn patination of delicately coloured lichens

Pair of classic Victorian cast urns

In the Neo-Renaissance style

Total height 170 cm (97 h cm only plinth Armillary 73cm h)

This pot has a historical repair - strikingly riveted down one side with traces of cornflower blue and sangue di bue Oxblood paint

High in the hills of the republic of Cascia

Created in Nuremberg in the 16th Century

The jar retains its rare chimney-form brass lid

The composition is completed by an undulating scroll-shaped pediment

which cast a warm ethereal light

Essex - previously a Royal Palace

towards the black mountains of Snowdonia across the Menai Straits of North Wales