IN THE 15TH CENTURY STYLE
Details
An Italian carved white marble chimney-piece
In the 15th century style
The rectangular shelf with foliate and egg-and-dart carved underside, above the frieze carved to the centre with a roundel depicting Hercules slaying an adversary, flanked to each side by a hippocampus mounted by a putto, and with further putti and birds among scrolling foliage, the corners each carved with an eagle with outspread wings, the panelled jambs each headed by a tablet-bearing female, supported on a foliate-carved upright, flanked by birds and on pedestal base flanked by a pair of winged sphinxes, on stepped rectangular foliate-carved block foot
84in. (213.3cm.) wide; 67½in. (171.3cm.) high; 8¾in. (22.2cm.) deep
The hearth opening: 56¾in. (141.6cm.) wide; 51in. (129.5cm.) high
In the 15th century style
The rectangular shelf with foliate and egg-and-dart carved underside, above the frieze carved to the centre with a roundel depicting Hercules slaying an adversary, flanked to each side by a hippocampus mounted by a putto, and with further putti and birds among scrolling foliage, the corners each carved with an eagle with outspread wings, the panelled jambs each headed by a tablet-bearing female, supported on a foliate-carved upright, flanked by birds and on pedestal base flanked by a pair of winged sphinxes, on stepped rectangular foliate-carved block foot
84in. (213.3cm.) wide; 67½in. (171.3cm.) high; 8¾in. (22.2cm.) deep
The hearth opening: 56¾in. (141.6cm.) wide; 51in. (129.5cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire.
Purchased by the present owner in the 1970s.
Purchased by the present owner in the 1970s.