Late 19th century, green quartz carved with decoration in high relief of branches with flowers and the other with birds and large blooms, both with covers that have metal filigree collars around them, both drilled at bottoms, come with carved wooden stands.

10 in.

From the Collection of the late Sterling Boyd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sterling Boyd was a consummate collector and Southern gentleman. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied art history at Sewanee: The University of the South, Oberlin College, and received his doctorate from Princeton University. He shared his enthusiasm for the fine arts through positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Boyd also taught and mentored future art historians at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and later headed the art department at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Following his academic and museum careers, Sterling Boyd channeled his talents for interior design and decoration. His Raleigh apartment was a cabinet of curiosities, each item carefully collected from his world travels and perfectly placed in his jewel box of a home.

One base is broken in half; wax to top of both bases and to foot rim and neck rim of both urns; one urn body with large chip with loss to rim; both drilled for lamp fittings that are now absent; losses to both collars and wear.