Ref: 2945
Blue John Cassolette
Ref: 2945
Blue John Cassolette
18th Century Epoche George III
Gilded Bronze Blue John
21 cm (8¹/₄ inches)
Gilded Bronze Blue John
21 cm (8¹/₄ inches)
Literature: The design of this urn can be found in Matthew Boulton's and James Fothergill's Pattern Book I, p. 170.
N. Goodison, Ormolu, The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, p. 163
N. Goodison, Ormolu, The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, p. 163
Description: Blue John, gilt bronze
The leaf-stretched, urn-shaped body features a Greek key frieze, a reversible leaf-shaped finial, and a candle socket, flanked by scrolled handles, a fluted base, and a square pedestal with Greek key feet.
Until the early 19th century, vessels (vases, bowls, etc.) were made in England from a yellow-blue to white-blue banded massive fluorite mined in Derbyshire, which earned the nickname "Blue John" – from the French "bleu-jaune" for blue-yellow.
The leaf-stretched, urn-shaped body features a Greek key frieze, a reversible leaf-shaped finial, and a candle socket, flanked by scrolled handles, a fluted base, and a square pedestal with Greek key feet.
Until the early 19th century, vessels (vases, bowls, etc.) were made in England from a yellow-blue to white-blue banded massive fluorite mined in Derbyshire, which earned the nickname "Blue John" – from the French "bleu-jaune" for blue-yellow.
Blue John Cassolette