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Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .
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Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

19th century
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Fabulous large gilted bronze 'Warwick' vase by Barbedienne, Paris circa 1860, modelled after the original the masks between the entwined vine handles, egg and dart rim with grapevine decoration, on a round gilt bronze pedestal.

33cm x 23cm x 25.5cm

£2200

This is a wonderful French mid 19th century rendition of the famous Warwick Vase with the famous Parisian foundry Achille Collas Seal. This Warwick vase is excellent casting with wonderful bronze and gilt patination and has a removable gilt bronze liner, egg and dart decoration to the edge. The main body of the vase depicting raised mask style heads of Classical Bacchic gods (gods of wine) with grape and vine leaf decoration with acanthus leaf below, all supported on a socle with gilt bronze base

Marked with the Achille Collas seal.

Achille Collas (1795-1859) was an important French engineer and inventor who developed a way of mechanically copying sculptures on a reduced scale, a process he called “réduction méchanique” or mechanical reproduction. The resultant popularization of small sculptures and statues literally transformed the bronze industry.

He perfected his mechanical reproduction machine in 1836, and two years later formed his partnership with Barbedienne.

The official seal of Collas is set into the base as shown below.A Collas is shown in side profile with reduction mecanique around the perimeter, and his name A. Collas below with the added word brevete meaning “patented.”

The Warwick vase is an ancient Roman marble vase with Bacchic ornament that was discovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli about 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, as Scottish painter-antiquarian and art dealer in Rome and is now inthe Burrell collection near Glasgow in Scotland.

Physical Dimensions
Height
23cm (9.06")
Width
33cm (12.99")
Depth
25.4cm (10.00")
Declaration

David Wolfenden Antiques has dated this Gilt Bronze Warwick Vase to the 1860s.

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SA922994
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Description
Fabulous large gilted bronze 'Warwick' vase by Barbedienne, Paris circa 1860, modelled after the original the masks between the entwined vine handles, egg and dart rim with grapevine decoration, on a round gilt bronze pedestal.
fig 1. A large gilt and patinated bronze Warwick vase featuring classical relief faces around the central bowl and interwoven vine handles.
fig 1. Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

33cm x 23cm x 25.5cm

£2200

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This is a wonderful French mid 19th century rendition of the famous Warwick Vase with the famous Parisian foundry Achille Collas Seal.
David Wolfenden Antiques

This Warwick vase is excellent casting with wonderful bronze and gilt patination and has a removable gilt bronze liner, egg and dart decoration to the edge. The main body of the vase depicting raised mask style heads of Classical Bacchic gods (gods of wine) with grape and vine leaf decoration with acanthus leaf below, all supported on a socle with gilt bronze base

fig 2. A large gilt and patinated bronze Warwick vase featuring classical relief faces around the central bowl and interwoven vine handles.
fig 2. Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

Marked with the Achille Collas seal.

Achille Collas (1795-1859) was an important French engineer and inventor who developed a way of mechanically copying sculptures on a reduced scale, a process he called “réduction méchanique” or mechanical reproduction. The resultant popularization of small sculptures and statues literally transformed the bronze industry.

fig 3. A large gilt and patinated bronze Warwick vase featuring classical relief faces around the central bowl and interwoven vine handles.
fig 3. Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

He perfected his mechanical reproduction machine in 1836, and two years later formed his partnership with Barbedienne.

The official seal of Collas is set into the base as shown below.A Collas is shown in side profile with reduction mecanique around the perimeter, and his name A. Collas below with the added word brevete meaning “patented.”

fig 4. A large gilt and patinated bronze Warwick vase featuring classical relief faces around the central bowl and interwoven vine handles.
fig 4. Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

The Warwick vase is an ancient Roman marble vase with Bacchic ornament that was discovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli about 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, as Scottish painter-antiquarian and art dealer in Rome and is now inthe Burrell collection near Glasgow in Scotland.

Height
23cm (9.06")
Width
33cm (12.99")
Depth
25.4cm (10.00")
Date of Manufacture

David Wolfenden Antiques has dated this Gilt Bronze Warwick Vase to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA922994
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Archive I A large gilt and patinated bronze Warwick vase featuring classical relief faces around the central bowl and interwoven vine handles.

Large Gilted Bronze 'Warwick' Vase by Barbedienne, Paris .

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Large gilted bronze 'Warwick' vase by Barbedienne, Paris .
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The original Warwick Vase is an ancient Roman marble krater discovered at Hadrians Villa in 1770, which subsequently inspired numerous 19th-century bronze and metal reproductions by European foundries.

Period reproductions were typically cast in bronze, iron, or brass, often combining a dark patinated bronze central frieze with gilded bronze or ormolu handles and rims.

Authentic period pieces from foundries such as Ferdinand Barbedienne feature stamped foundry marks, cast signatures, precise hand-chasing, and original patination on the classical relief figures.

Positioned on a sideboard, mantlepiece, or central foyer table, this classical vessel functions as a focal centrepiece within traditional, grand, or eclectic interior schemes.

Dust gently using a dry, soft-bristled brush or microfibre cloth, avoiding liquid chemicals, solvents, or abrasive polishes that could remove the original gilt or patination.
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