{"product_id":"a-set-of-four-english-buff-terracotta-basket-weave-garden-urns-c-1860-1880","title":"A Set of Four English Buff Terracotta Basket-Weave Garden Urns, c.1860–1880","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful set of four English garden urns, dating to circa 1860–1880, moulded in buff terracotta with elaborate basket-weave decoration. Each is formed as a richly modelled woven basket with twisted handles, a broad foliate rim and substantial pedestal base.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe design belongs to a distinctive strand of 19th-century British terracotta garden pottery, with related wares produced by a number of important English and Scottish factories during the Victorian period. Although unmarked apart from the impressed model number \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the quality of the moulding suggests manufacture by a substantial commercial pottery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe set retains layers of old exterior paint and weathering, with a few knocks, small nibbles and old repairs consistent with age and garden use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Holmes Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57608870986101,"sku":"4URNS","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/6007\/3956\/files\/AD47B518-D885-46E8-A92F-F253E732AB64.jpg?v=1790356564","url":"https:\/\/chrisholmesantiques.co.uk\/products\/a-set-of-four-english-buff-terracotta-basket-weave-garden-urns-c-1860-1880","provider":"Chris Holmes Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}