Large Pair of Vintage Classical Style Iron Garden Urns

First half 20th century, black painted cast iron with stylized egg and dart rim, fluted and reeded urns on a square foot.

34 x 28 in. diameter

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.

Later paint; one rim with old chip to underside; minor surface rust from use.