Four of typical form, with scrolling acanthus handles and Bacchic frieze cast in relief, one with serpent handles and foliate border and three with figure heads to the bodies, all on turned tapering socles
The largest: 24 in. (69 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Almost certainly acquired by Ivor Churchill Guest (1873-1939), 1st Viscount Wimborne, for Ashby St Ledgers Manor, Northamptonshire, where photographed on the East terrace before 1951,
thence by descent.

'Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire - II', Country Life, vol. CIX, 3 August 1951, pp. 348-351, fig. 1.

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Lot Essay

A pair of lead urns with identical phoenix handles was sold The Country House; Christie's, London, 7 July 2015, lot 23 and a further closely related pair of lead urns sold Bonham's Knightsbridge, 11 March 2025 (£8,320).