Mark Jones Antiques has dated this Ashford Black Marble Urn to the 19th Century.
Provenance: Private Collection, US.
Selim Bright of Buxton, Derbyshire, exhibited at The Great Exhibition 1851, and was listed as ‘S.
, Of the Finest Workmanship and most Elegant Designs, Admirably Carved Animals, In Great Variety’.
A similar larger pair of urns sold Christie’s London 2010.
Ashford Marble is in fact the hard limestone quarried near Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire; polished to create the jet black lustred finish in the marble workshops. It proved popular as a building material and, as early as 1580, Elizabeth Cavendish commissioned a chimneypiece for Chatsworth. In the 19th century it became very fashionable as a material for both ornamental objects and furniture, and was promoted by William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, who was inspired by Florentine work in Italy.
Dimensions: 29cm high, 15cm diameter, 9cm square at base
Mark Jones Antiques has dated this Ashford Black Marble Urn to the 19th Century.
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19th Century Ashford Marble Urn Attributed to Selim Bright
