A VICTORIAN ART UNION CAST-IRON RELIEF TWIN HANDLED TAZZA

Design by Edward William Wyon, 19th Century
The bowl cast with classical figures, the underside of the foot stamped 'ART UNION OF LONDON 1851’, 32.5cm diameter; 13cm high

Estimate:	£80 - £120
Hammer price:	£30

Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Established in 1837, the Art Union London was an art subscription service or lottery, through which the aspiring middle classes of the mid 19th Century could acquire art collections. An annual fee enabled the participants to win art through a lottery system: sculpture, paintings and works of art, some of which were commissioned by the Art Union.

E. W. Wyon’s frieze of figures within the shallow bowl were based upon designs of a vase from Sir William Hamilton’s collection in the British Museum.

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