Vase

  • Designer / Maker

    After a design published by Thomas Hope (1769-18310

    Manufactured by Alexis Decaix (circa 1753-1811)

  • Detail

    Patinated copper and ormolu

    59 x 33.5 x 33.5 cm

    English (London), circa 1802

  • Provenance

    Thomas Hope, Duchess Street; […]; David Denham, Tulsa; Heritage Auctions, 22 June 2021

  • Literature

    Thomas Hope, Household Furniture, 1807, pls XXXV, XXXVI and XXXVII

    Martin Chapman, ‘Thomas Hope’s Vase and Alexis Decaix’, V&A Album 4 (1985), pp. 216-28 (for V&A vase, M.33-1983

    David Watkins and Philip Hewat-Jaboor (eds), Thomas Hope: Regency Designer, 2008, no. 89 (for V&A vase)

  • Collection

    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (2021.55a-b)