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Antique Pair of Stunning French Green Marble Urns

$2,960List Price

About the Item

This is an antique pair of highly decorative French green 'verde antico' serpentine marble urns with ormolu mounts. They have moulded rims and waisted necks above the ovoid bodies, each one is with twin foliate cast handles, the waisted socles on square bases. They will add a touch of class to a special place in your home. Verd antique (from Italian, verde antico, "ancient green"), or verde antique, is a serpentinite breccia, popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone. It is a dark, dull green, white-mottled (or white-veined) serpentine, mixed with calcite, dolomite, or magnesite, which takes a high polish. It is sometimes classed, erroneously, as a variety of marble. Or molu (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. No true ormolu was produced in France after around 1830 because legislation had outlawed the use of mercury. Therefore, other techniques were used instead but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing ormolu method for sheer beauty and richness of colour. Electroplating is the most common modern technique. Ormolu techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil).

Dimensions:
Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 6.7 in (17 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Materials and Techniques:
Marble
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1890
Condition:
They are offered in excellent condition.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 04871 1stDibs: LU9506801548

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