A PAIR OF WHITE-PAINTED PLASTER PANELS, late 18th early 19th Century

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A PAIR OF WHITE-PAINTED PLASTER PANELS, late 18th early 19th Century

Depicting the Triumphs of Ceres and Venus, the harvest goddess with the horn of Plenty accompanied by a corn-bearing cherub seated in a ram-armed chariot, the Love goddess in her dolphin-drawn shell driven by Cupid, each oval relief in a rectangular frame, re-painted
24¼in. x 33¼in. (62cm. x 85cm.) approximately (2)
Provenance
Witley Court, Worcestershire

Lot Essay

Now a ruin, the late 17th Century Foley mansion at Great Witley was extensively altered in the early 19th Century. Much of this work, which included the portico, was concealed by Samuel Dawkes' classical alterations for Lord Ward after 1860

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