A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STAINED TERRACOTTA VASES
Lot 440

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STAINED TERRACOTTA VASES

BY PULHAM, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2011

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EUR 7,000–9,000

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STAINED TERRACOTTA VASES
BY PULHAM, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The circular foliate lid above an ovoid body, flanked by caryatids, issuing floral garlands, on a fluted and waisted socle and square plinth, stamped once Pulham's Terra cotta London & Broxbourne
116 cm. high (2)

Specialist note

James Pulham & Son
In The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, London, 1862, Mr. Pulham, of Broxbourne, is described as '..a large exhibitor of works in terra cotta, not only for architectural purposes, but for those of gardens, conservatories, and general ornamentation of grounds'. The Pulham company was established in 1820 but made terracotta from around 1846 on into the 20th century, with workshops in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. By the 1880s the company was concentrating on garden and landscape ornaments. The firm continued with various forms of production until 1945.