Price
£950.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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A Pair of Spill Vases.
For 24 years I organised the Buxton Antiques Fair and during that time I developed an interest in the history of the Ashford Marble Industry in the Peak District.
Ashford Marble is in fact a black limestone which was quarried at Ashford in the Water near Bakewell in Derbyshire from the 16th century onwards.
The spread of tourism in the 19th century brought a boom to local crafts and it is believed that the Duke of Devonshire was inspired by his visits to Italy to encourage the inlaying of designs in different stones to the marble.
This pair of spill vases are an excellent example of the many pieces made for visitors in the Victorian era.
On one vase there is a rarely found label confirming that the pair were sold at Matlock Bath Museum having been made by Walker, late Vallance.
John Vallance was a stone mason of Bakewell who, it is known, made a table which was reputed to have been in the 1851 Great Exhibition and is now on display in Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
Dimensions
Height 130cms Diameter 85cmsStock number
CEB 19The BADA Standard
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