Auction: An extraordinarily rare and important 19th-century urn

 

 An extraordinarily rare and important 19^th-century urn, thought lost to history, was recently discovered by Heritage Auctions and is set to go to auction June 22 in Dallas, Texas. Designed in the early 19^th century by furniture designer Thomas Hope, the urn was found in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the collection of David D. Denham, where it had been modified into a side table.

Heritage has set a conservative pre-auction estimate of $40,000 to $60,000 on the rare bronze. According to research, the urn's mate resides in London's Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design.

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