A Large & Rare Pair of Cast Iron French Estate Serpent Handled Urns c.1860-70 probably by the Val D'Osne Foundry sub-Architectural & Garden British designers had to make

British designers had to make strong design statements that unified beauty and utility

all surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century

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A Large & Rare Pair of Cast Iron French Estate Serpent Handled Urns c.1860-70 probably by the Val D'Osne Foundry sub-Architectural & Garden British designers had to makeOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 70 Height: 20. 5 Width: 29 (at handles) Inner Diameter: 19 The rare, large and finely cast pair of French estate cast iron urns of deep semi lobed campana form with beaded rim and double entwined snake handles, raised on turned feet with lobed collar, one finished in sea green and one in black, possibly having been made by the Val D'Osne Foundry and surviving from the third quarter of