Ormolu-mounted urn on square base ca. 1790 British Blue John, also known as Derbyshire Spar, is a rare semi-precious mineral, which can be found only in Britain, primarily in Derbyshire. This neo-classical urn and columns are highly evocative of eighteenth-century British taste for hardstones fashioned into classical Ormolu-mounted urn on square base. British. ca. 1790. Derbyshire spar "Blue John", gilt bronze; Sienna marble. Natural Substances

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