A ROMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED ONYX AND WHITE MARBLE NEEDLE surmounted by a ball finial, the turned spreading shaft upon a circular plinth mounted with a ribbon-tied medallion depicting Cupid's winged arrow above palm fronds, on later waisted, spreading circular socle, restorations, the needle late 18th early 19th Century
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A ROMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED ONYX AND WHITE MARBLE NEEDLE surmounted by a ball finial, the turned spreading shaft upon a circular plinth mounted with a ribbon-tied medallion depicting Cupid's winged arrow above palm fronds, on later waisted, spreading circular socle, restorations, the needle late 18th early 19th Century
9½in.(24cm.) high
Lot Essay
This needle was probably originally the central ornament flanked by the pair of needles (lot 21).