An Italian Neoclassical Style Terracotta Centrepiece Urn with PlinthAn exuberant and opulent Italian Neoclassical Style Terracotta Centrepiece Urn with laurel wreath motif plinth. Third quarter 20th Century. The neoclassic style features carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture. The urn is adorned with rams heads, oak leaves garlands and laurel wreathes typical of the classical influence. Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flow.