Products - Urns
Urns
The inclusion of urns in a formal garden is one of the finishing touches, bringing an element of the classical, dating back to early civilisations and an element of the more recently traditional, as many of the major foundries of the Victorian period produced cast-iron urns in a variety of decorative styles, from the unashamedly flamboyant to classic clean lines and forms. Many Victorian gardens featured urns produced in either cast iron or terracotta but more modern patterns of usage and abusage of public spaces make cast iron a decorative and resilient choice.
Lost Art Limited offer a variety of styles of urn for which they already have patterns and in addition, are both willing and able to undertake the reproduction of other styles of urn, whether this is based on the reproduction of existing urns, be they metal or ceramic, or the full recreation based on illustrations and other documents. For example, the urns produced for and installed at Mesnes Park Wigan were based on a combination of illustrations and remaining fragments of the glazed terracotta originals.
Avenham Derby Walk Urns
Lost Art Limited have produced and installed a variety of styles and sizes of urn throughout Avenham and Miller Parks and the adjoining Aveham Walks. This particular style of urn, featuring a low body form and decorated under the body with stylised foliage, supported on a fluted base, can be seen along the Derby Walk area of the park and adorns a number of plinths on a gracefully sweeping set of steps.
Dimensions can be supplied on request for this and all our urns. However, as with the majority of our products, the example serve as an illustration of what we have produced previously but can be adapted to the requirments of a particular client.
Blackburn Corporation Park
These large cast iron urns, featuring both fruit and foliage decorative elements, provide a feature installation on plinths installed on the steps rising from the main area of the park to the restored Victorian Greenhouse.
Dimensions can be supplied on request for this and all our urns. However, as with the majority of our products, the example serve as an illustration of what we have produced previously but can be adapted to the requirments of a particular client.
Derby Urns
Lost Art Limited produced and installed 3 different types, styles and sizes of urns in the historic Derby Arboretum as part of an overall restoration project.
Type 1 Urns:
Semi lobed campanula form with mask and loop handles and sides applied with frieze of fruit and foliage. Produced in cast iron with cast iron plinth also an option. As with all our urns, the colour to be decided by client.
Height: 76cm
Diameter at base : 30cm
Plinth approx 52cm if required.
Type 2 Urns:
Semi lobed campanula form with mask and loop handles and sides applied with frieze of fruit and foliage. Produced in cast iron with a cast iron plinth also an option. Colour to be decided by client.
Height: 57cm
Diameter at base : 24cm
Plinth approx 40cm if required.
Type 3 Urn:
A simpler design than the other two types, the urn body is fluted on a base plinth. Featuring a semi lobed and campanula form with elevatedrim on rising fluted circular foot.
Height: 57cm
Diameter at base : 24cm
Plinth approx 40cm if required.
Full dimensions can be supplied on request for these and all our urns. However, as with the majority of our products, the example serve as an illustration of what we have produced previously but can be adapted to the requirments of a particular client.
Coalbrookdale No.32 Urn
Produced by Lost Art Limited for installation in the historic Avenham Walks residential area which adjoins and overlooks the city parks. The design was chosen following consultation with the client and research involving old photographs of the area and the Coalbrookdale Archive.
The same style of urn was installed in Queens Park, Bolton where they were arranged in pairs alongside pairs of the Type 1 urns supplied to Derby Arboretum.
Dimensions can be supplied on request for this and all our urns. However, as with the majority of our products, the examples serve to illustrate what we have produced previously but these can be adapted to the requirements of the individual client.
Wigan
Recreated by Lost Art from fragments of the glazed terracotta originals, which provided the scale and old photographs that supplied the detail. Produced in cast iron rather than the earlier and more fragile material, this classically shaped and decorated style of urn has now made a welcome return to their initial locations after an absence of over 50 years as part of the Mesnes Park restoration project.
South Shields
Patterned, produced and installed by Lost Art Limited for the restoration project at South Marine Park, South Shields, the urns sit atop the cast iron balustrading also supplied to the project.