European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Urn Designed 1865; made c. 1876 Made by P. Ipsens Enke (P. Ipsens Widow), Kongelig Hof Terracotta-Fabrik, Copenhagen, 1842 - 1955 Earthenware with enamel decoration Currently not on view 1897-623 The General Hector Tyndale Memorial Collection, 1897 |
LabelThe factory of P. Ipsens Enke was one of several Danish companies that exhibited terracotta at the Centennial Exhibition. It had previously won medals at exhibitions in Paris (1867), London (1871), Copenhagen (1872), and Vienna (1873), and was commended by the Centennial judges "for an important exhibition". While aspects of this urn are borrowed from ancient Greek examples, the various elements are assembled in a uniquely nineteenth-century way. The decoration, which imitates Greek red-figure painting, is taken from The Odyssey of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A. Sculptor, London (1803). |
