Pair of Painted Tole Chesnut Urns

mid-19th century

A pair of painted tole (tin plate) chestnut urns (English, mid-19th century). Each urn has double scroll handles and quatrefoil sections with painted white Japonesque chrysanthemums and gilt ferns. The decorations are on a black ground in imitation of Japanese lacquerware. The covers have gilt knobs in the shape of birds on pedestals.

English

tin plate

painted gilt

11.25" x 10.5" x 6"

Gift of Mrs. Gladys Brooks Thayer, 1966.

PSNC.2125.1a-b - .2a-b