An impressive Italian sculpted Siena marble oil lamp, mid 19th century

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An impressive Italian sculpted Siena marble oil lamp, mid 19th century
Probably from the workshops of Benedetto Boschetti, the well with shaped scalloped sides, the handle modelled as a dragon, the twin reservoirs modelled as human heads, the acanthus clasped stem on a moulded square base raised on a rectangular porfido verde veneered plinth
18¾in. (47.6cm.) high overall, 14in. (35.5cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Benedetto Boschetti, 74 Via Condotti, Rome, fl.1820-1870, exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition 1851. The Boschetti workshop was renowned for the exceptional quality of its copies after the 'Antique', mainly in marble and bronze: for example a marmo rosso antico reduction of the Warwick Vase, currently in the Toledo Museum, Ohio. See A. Gonzalez-Palacios Il Tempo del Gusto, Roma e il regno delle Duo Sicilie, Milan 1984, Vol II, fig.286. F.S. Bonfigli noted in 1856 that 'The establishment is particularly conspicuous for its great variety of marble works, bronzes etc'. See A Gonzalez-Palacios, The Art of Mosaics, 1982. P.166.

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