Object Literature
The motif of the rams head was used by Robert Adam (1728-1792) frequently on his furniture such as candle stands; usually with festoons of drapery and wreaths of flowers caught up with the rams’ heads, all being ornaments characteristic of what was termed the Adams style. This was very much revived in the first decade or so of the twentieth century, although these masks are not in an English style, it has an Iberian feel to it.
Despite its flaws this is a very imposing and striking urn of which we cannot find quite the like of elsewhere.