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A pair of Edwardian silver skyphos urns
by Barnards, London 1907 In the form of antique skyphos, decorated with berried ivy branches, height 15cm, weight 41oz. (2)
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The form and decoration of this urn is based on a drinking vessel uncovered during an archaeological dig in Pompeii in 1835. During antiquity ivy was thought to be a remedy for headaches as well as a symbol for immortality.