A Large & Rare Pair of Cast Iron French Estate Serpent Handled Urns c.1860-70 probably by the Val D'Osne Foundry sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Now with a well worn

Now with a well worn lustre

in Black Forest style

Records indicate that in 1882 Amherst exhibited six life size Egyptian figures at Swaffham Assembly Rooms and the catalogue describes the items exhibited which included a figure of a Bedouin chief and a Thutmose III brick (circa 1330 BC)

after the first edition published in 1851

‘Beata est anima eius' – (Blessed is his/her soul')

A Large & Rare Pair of Cast Iron French Estate Serpent Handled Urns c.1860-70 probably by the Val D'Osne Foundry sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Now with a well wornOrigin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 70 Height: 20. 5 Width: 29 (at handles) Inner Diameter: 19 The rare, large and finely cast pair of French estate cast iron urns of deep semi lobed campana form with beaded rim and double entwined snake handles, raised on turned feet with lobed collar, one finished in sea green and one in black, possibly having been made by the Val D'Osne Foundry and surviving from the third quarter of