A VICTORIAN WHITE PAINTED CAST-IRON URN OR FOUNTAIN

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANDREW HANDYSIDE FOUNDRY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN WHITE PAINTED CAST-IRON URN OR FOUNTAIN
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANDREW HANDYSIDE FOUNDRY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The upper socle cast with the portrait heads of 'MILTON, SHAKESPEARE, SCOTT, STEPHENSON, WATT, WELLINGTON, NELSON' and PEEL', the underside of the basin cast with interlaced strap-work and foliate ornament
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) diameter; with an associated stone plinth, of square form, with chamfered upper edge -- 17 in. (43 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) square

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Lot Essay

This model appears as drawing No.27 in the 1874 catalogue of Andrew Handyside. Andrew Handyside aquired the firm in 1848, formerly owned by Weatherhead and Glover 1818-1843; thence Thomas Wright 1843-1848. He expanded the production to cover architectural, engineering and decorative wares such as garden vases and fountains.
The firm exhibited a number of pieces at the Great Exhibition of 1851 including Medici vases, a Bacchanalian vase and a bronzed vase of the present lot together with a fountain.

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