PAIR OF SUBSTANTIAL AND IMPOSING STONE COMPOSITION GARDEN URNS ON PLINTHS

PAIR OF SUBSTANTIAL AND IMPOSING STONE COMPOSITION GARDEN URNS ON PLINTHS, second half 20th century, each with a shallow domed top above a waisted neck, the spiral stop-fluted ovoid bodies each with twin vacant plaques, on waisted shafts and square bases, 124cm high; the square section pedestals panel moulded to each side, 100cm high, 66cm wide; the overall height, 224cm Note: These urns are in the manner of a design by William Kent, his original pattern having been for a scheme in Alexander Pope's garden at Twickenham. The design is illustrated in Vardy's 'Some Designs of Mr Inigo Jones and Mr William Kent', 1744. Pope's gardens, overlooking the River Thames and laid out over some 25 years, became one of the most original contributions to garden design of 18th and 19th century England Cf: Christie's South Kensington, 'The Country Seat', 22nd June 2000, lot 58, a very similar pair