THE BREADALBANE VASE
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FROM THE 1862 EXHIBITION BY ANTOINE VECHTE FOR HUNT & ROSKELL
A massive silver and gilt demascende two-handled vase mounted with 46 interior lit hardstone intaglios from the Poniatowski collection.
36 inches (91cm) tall
Completed and hallmarked in 1862
Exhibited at the International Exhibition London 1862
Described in the art-journal catalogue of the international exhibition:
'Of the works of Hunt and Roskell we engrave the Breadalbane vase…, produced for the the Marquis of Breadalbane, as a fitting receptacle for the famous “Poniatowski Gems”…of Silver and Iron, richly damascened with gold, and is one of the admirable works of the renowned artist Vechte '
e7084/1851
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