Pair of English Lead Warwick Castle Urns. Each with everted egg and dart rim and entwined twig form handles; the waisted body cast with classical figures above a lobed vessel on circular socle and square base. After the Antique, Second Half 18th Century {Dimensions 22 x 32 inches} Provenance: Flore House Antiques, Ltd., UK The marble original of this urn was discovered in 1771. It was purchased by Sir William Hamilton and sold after restoration to the Earl of Warwick, who originally forbade casts to be made of it. Eventually copies were made using the prints by Piranese. It is perhaps the most famous antique vase after the Medici and Borghese urns.