A GEORGE III ARTIFICIAL 'COADE' STONE URN FINIAL

The present lot corresponds to a design illustrated in Eleanor Coade's Etchings of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory, 1778. These fluted vases and the numerous variations on the same theme were amongst the most popular models from the factory. William Croggon ran the Coade factory from 1813 until Eleanor Coade's death in 1821. His most prominent commission was his work at Buckingham Palace between 1826-28.
A pair of stamped 'Coade Stone' finials without the lion masks were sold, The Michael Roberts Collection of Garden Ornaments, Christie's, Ashurst, Kent, 27 September 2004, lot 278 (£35,850, inc.) and another signed and dated 1795 was sold Christies, Dunsborough Park, 19-20 June 2013, lot 168, £13,000.