Building record 0440902006 - COVERED STONE VASE ON STONE PEDESTAL

Summary

Early eighteenth century ornamental vase in gardens at Cliveden, installed about 1725

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332396: COVERED STONE VASE ON STONE PEDESTAL, CLIVEDEN

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Type and Period (2)

  • VASE (Constructed about 1725, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) GARDEN ORNAMENT (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. End of vista from Shell Fountain. Vase decorated with swags and lions' masks. Inscription on side of pedestal, 'The gift of Queen Anne to George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney'. Probably in fact c1725 (B7).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC15712 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP241,243.
  • <2>SBC5608 Bibliographic reference: GENTS MAGAZINE LIBRARY ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY P287.
  • <3>SBC7745 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP296-297.
  • <4>SBC14364 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP 854-855.
  • <5>SBC11687 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP98-99 & PL61A.
  • <6>SBC9891 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1977 PROPERTIES OF....
  • <7>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p208.
  • <8>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.

Location

Grid reference SU 90889 85644 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 2:18PM

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