Lot Essay
Comparisons may be made with a stone chimneypiece of a similar design, with cartouches below the shelf, in the Gothic Hall at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, dating from the late 1740s.
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MID 18TH CENTURY
Details
AN ENGLISH GOTHIC REVIVAL FOSSIL MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
MID 18TH CENTURY
The frieze with shield-shaped buttresses
52½in. (133.5cm.) high, 53¼in. (135cm.) wide; 6in. (15cm.) deep; the opening -- 38in. (96.5cm.) high, 23in. (58.5cm.) wide
MID 18TH CENTURY
The frieze with shield-shaped buttresses
52½in. (133.5cm.) high, 53¼in. (135cm.) wide; 6in. (15cm.) deep; the opening -- 38in. (96.5cm.) high, 23in. (58.5cm.) wide
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