A pair J.M. Blashfield terracotta tazza- urns, circa 1860-1870
The shallow campana- shaped bowls each with twin foliate scrolling tendril handles, the rims with egg and dart moulded borders, on slender fluted socles and square bases;stamped J. M. Blashfield, Stamford and J. M. Blashfield. N°174. The design for this model appears in ‘A Selection of Vases, Statues, Busts etc from Terra-Cotta’ by J. M. Blashfield published by John Weale, High Holborn in 1857 as No. 174. -TAZZA.
Dimensions: 64 cm high, 107 cm wide, overall--
Condition: good overall condition, some 'nibbles' in the egg and dart mouldings, 1 urn minor restorations to the handles
Reference: DRE122012/611 / ALK092013 - MAL062013/1406
Literature:
J.M Blashfield’s workshop was based in Millwall, Poplar with a sales outlet at No.1 Praed Street, Edgeware Road, London. He later moved to Stamford, Lincolnshire to be nearer the clay beds. He won medals for Terra Cotta at the Paris International Exhibition in 1867. One of his most important commissions was supplying architectural terracotta for the decoration of the new Museum of Fine Arts in Boston – unfortunately this stretched his resources too far and the Stamford Terracotta Factory closed in 1875.