Pair of Antique Neoclassical Green-Painted Cast Iron Garden Urns | Ca. 19th Century

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17.25H x 12.25D

A wonderfully decorative matched pair of 19th-century cast iron garden urns in the Neoclassical taste, retaining layers … Read more 17.25H x 12.25D

A wonderfully decorative matched pair of 19th-century cast iron garden urns in the Neoclassical taste, retaining layers of rich garden-green painted finish and beautifully weathered surfaces.

Each urn has a wide flared rim ornamented with a repeating classical foliate motif above a tall campana-form body. The lower bowls are deeply gadrooned and flanked by dramatic scrolling handles with stylized foliate terminals. Each is raised on a molded socle terminating in a substantial square plinth base.

The surface is particularly appealing: years of outdoor use have produced scattered paint loss, oxidation, rust and exposed iron beneath the green finish. Rather than detracting, this gives the pair the authentic, timeworn character sought in antique garden ornament. The interiors show substantial oxidation consistent with their historic use as planters, including drainage openings.

A strong, sculptural pair equally suited to flanking an entrance, garden path or fireplace, or used indoors as statement planters See less