146 A FINE QUALITY AND RARE SET OF THREE 19TH CENTURY BLUE JOHN AND ORMOLU MOUNTED URNS,
SMALL URN DIMENSIONS: 12 CM’S WIDE 21 CM’S HIGH, LARGER URN 16 CM’S WIDE BY 28 CM’S HIGH
LARGEST VASE POSSIBLE A CLOSE MATCH
PROVIDENCE FROM THE VENDOR IN REGARDS TO HOW THE BLUE JOHN ENTERED HIS FAMILY
COLONEL ALEXANDER GORDON 1840-1910, BRITISH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL TYCOON PRESIDENT OF NILES TOOL WORK COMPANY WHO MANUFACTURED ARMOUR PLATE AND BIG GUNS FOR SHIPS AND COASTAL DEFENSE, WAS ON THE STAFF OF PRESIDENT MICKINLEY WHEN GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
DAUGHTER GILLIAN GORDON, MARRIED SIR CECIL FITCH (BARRISTER) WHO OWNED POSSINGWORTH PARK, A LARGE COUNTRY ESTATE IN EAST SUSSEX. £5000 – 7500
