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A CORNISH SERPENTINE VASE SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN ORGAN, PENZANCE 41cm high, 16.5cm wide The catalogue of the 1851 Great Exhibition lists some 144 'Manufacture in Mineral Substances' ranging from decorative stone and mosaic work to chimney pieces, ornamental tiles and bricks. The Art Journal stated at the time 'The Serpentine Marble Works, established at Penzance, in Cornwall, contributed many examples of this beautiful material' and described them as 'all beautiful' and 'considerably enhanced by the variegated colours which pervade the marble' (The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of all Nations 1851, London, 1851). John Organ of Penzance, Cornwall, contributed a wide range of exhibits including 'chimney-piece, chess-table, columns, obelisks, vases, carved and plain; cabinet of specimens, &c., of serpentine stone from Lizard, Penzance' (R. Ellis (ed.), Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, London, 1851, Volume II. He received the distinction of having three of his pieces illustrated in the official catalogue - a ewer and basin, a font and one of the pair of obelisks offered here (see engraving). The Jury commented 'a Prize Medal is awarded for his fine and well-selected groups of objects' in 'an extremely beautiful marble of moderate hardness [...]. The articles exhibited by Mr. Organ are remarkable for their large size, and the good taste they manifest'. Condition Report Disclaimer, A CORNISH SERPENTINE VASE, A CORNISH SERPENTINE VASE SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN ORGAN, PENZANCE 41cm high, 16.5cm wide The catalogue of the 1851 Great Exhibition lists some 144 'Manufacture in Mineral Substances' ranging from decorative stone and mosaic work to chimney pieces, ornamental tiles and bricks. The Art Journal stated at the time 'The Serpentine Marble Works, established at Penzance, in Cornwall, contributed many examples of this beautiful material' and described them as 'all beautiful' and 'considerably enhanced by the variegated colours which pervade the marble' (The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of all Nations 1851, London, 1851). John Organ of Penzance, Cornwall, contributed a wide range of exhibits including 'chimney-piece, chess-table, columns, obelisks, vases, carved and plain; cabinet of specimens, &c., of serpentine stone from Lizard, Penzance' (R. Ellis (ed.), Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, London, 1851, Volume II. He received the distinction of having three of his pieces illustrated in the official catalogue - a ewer and basin, a font and one of the pair of obelisks offered here (see engraving). The Jury commented 'a Prize Medal is awarded for his fine and well-selected groups of objects' in 'an extremely beautiful marble of moderate hardness [...]. The articles exhibited by Mr. Organ are remarkable for their large size, and the good taste they manifest'. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of all Nations 1851, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, Condition Report Disclaimer
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