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19c French Bronze Marble Jardiniere Urn VASE
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Massive 19th century French Dore bronze marble jardinière urn with an acorn finial lid over a white marble vessel supported by three grape leaf garland adorned, high relief bearded and ram horned face masked, tapering down to triple double hooved feet on a circular marble base raised on six tapering spiral column feet. From the center of the base a snake is spiraling up to meet the reverse acorn finial on the underside. An similar piece graces the permanent collection of the world famous Rosecliff Newport Mansion in Rhode Island.****NOTE: Email for larger images.
Rosecliff Mansion Background: "Tessie", as she was known to her friends, was born in Virginia City, Nevada. Her father, James Graham Fair, was an Irish immigrant who made an enormous fortune from Nevada's Comstock silver lode, one of the richest silver finds in history. During a summer in Newport, Theresa met Hermann Oelrichs playing tennis at the Newport Casino. They were married in 1890. A year later, they purchased the property known as Rosecliff from the estate of historian and diplomat George Bancroft. An amateur horticulturist, it was Bancroft who developed the American Beauty Rose. The Oelrichs later bought additional property along Bellevue Avenue and commissioned Stanford White to replace the original house with the mansion that became the setting for many of Newport's most lavish parties. Rosecliff is now preserved through the generosity of its last private owners, Mr. And Mrs. J. Edgar Monroe, of New Orleans. They gave the house, its furnishings, and an endowment to the Preservation Society in 1971. Several films have been shot on location at Rosecliff, including High Society, The Great Gatsby, True Lies and Amistad. 
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