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This large iron vase is an impressive example of hand forging. Each of its eleven elements has been hammered and filed separately before being assembled to create a vase of classical form. The two-piece bowl, composed of a lower bulbous section and an upper short neck, is finished with a separate applied lip or rim. Such assembly was required since the various elements could not be fired evenly in the forge, nor could they successfully be hammered as a unit on the anvil or swage-block. Only the central post of the foot appears to be lathe turned. The foot itself is elongated and formed of several semicircles, making it impossible to turn and requiring hand-shaping with chisel and file. The large acanthus leaves forming the handles and supporting the foot are forged and filed.
Title
Handled Urn
Date
c.1900
Medium
iron & gold damascene
Accession number
495
Work type
Sculpture