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Napoleonic Urns
Napoleonic Urns
Napoleonic Urns
Napoleonic Urns

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Two large decorated vases standing under their individual canopies supported by four columns, flanking the bandstand. There are carved laurel wreaths with ribbon ties to the bases encircling a letter 'J' on the southern face. The bases of the vases and bases of the looped handles to each side are ornamented with acanthus leaf carvings. Each vase stands on a block base set on a plain solid stone plinth within an aedicule with simplified columns at each angle, carrying a canopy with block top, coved cornice, and inscribed frieze. Each is protected by low iron railings.

The vases were presented to Empress Josephine by Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte in 1805 and brought from France by Colonel Page after the Napoleonic-Peninsular War.
Title

Napoleonic Urns

Date

1874

Medium

Carrara marble & Portland stone

Measurements

H 260 x W 220 x D 80 cm

Accession number

BA1_WAC_S035

Acquisition method

bequeathed

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

05/08/75

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THESE VASES THE GIFT OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE (1805) WERE BROUGHT FROM FRANCE AFTER THE PENINSULAR WAR BY COL. PAGE AND BEQUEATHED BY THE WILL OF JOSEPH FULLER ESQ. OF LANSDOWN CRESCENT (1874) TO THE ROYAL VICTORIA PARK THEY WERE RESTORED AND PROTECTED BY CAPT. RUTH (1914)

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Located at

Royal Avenue, Bath

BA1 2NQ

Set at either side of the Bandstand which lies on the left side of the Royal Avenue travelling westward toward the Sphinx Gates.