Sevres-style Porcelain Bolted Covered Urns with Gilt Mounts

A fine pair Sevres style porcelain and gilt mount Bolted…
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A fine pair Sevres style porcelain and gilt mount Bolted covered urns, mid 19th century, each urn painted with a romantic classical scene and bouquet of flowers verso, against a turquoise ground, with gilt ormolu rams head figural handles upon gilt wood stands. Height 28 cm (without stands) Provenance: National Trust Sale Perth 2007

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  • Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
  • Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.

    Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.

    Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method.
  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.

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