Two English black basalt quater-length busts

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Two English black basalt quater-length busts
of a God and Goddess, possibly Mars and Venus, both turning slightly to their left, the God wearing a cuirass moulded with a dog's head and a cape, the Goddess wearing a cuirass moulded with a stylised dolphin, her hair entwined with coral and seaweed, both on shaped plinths moulded with leaves on a stippled ground -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high, early 19th century (2)

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