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Pedestal stand

George Bullock, 1816

A pedestal stand commissioned by Sir Walter Scott to support a silver urn given him by Lord Byron. It contained bones found in sepulchres along the walls of Athens. Scott described it as 'the very handsome stand for Lord Byron's vase which our friend George Bullock has equipped me'.

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Title of artwork, date

Pedestal stand, 1816

Date supported

1981

Medium and material

Yew-wood & ebony, marble topped

Dimensions

92 cm

Grant

1625

Total cost

6500

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