A Scottish carved white marble octagonal finial Circa 1845
The shaped domed lid with foliage, surmounted by an acanthus terminal, with foliate and ivy border, above a tapering body, the front with a family crest and motto 'DEUS JUVABIT', the back centered side by a dove, the other sides with masks and acanthus masks, on a stepped waisted socle, on a stone base
18 in. (45.5 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
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Part of the family monument for the MacDuff family, 1842, in memory of Captain Alexander MacDuff, Major General John MacDuff C.B. and Christine Cameron of Newmill, Nr. Dunkeld, Perthshire.
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