A GEORGE II SICILIAN JASPER AND WHITE STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

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A GEORGE II SICILIAN JASPER AND WHITE STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
The inverted breakfront rectangular shelf above a Greek-key frieze centred by an oval patera, the moulded frame flanked on each side by an Ionic column on a square plinth, with later Belgian black fossil marble hearth, restorations
77¼ in. (196 cm.) wide; 61½ in. (156 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Sale room notice

This chimneypiece is only part-18th Century and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

This colourful chimney-piece with Grecian Ionic columns and patera-enriched frieze, reflects the elegant antique style introduced at the start of George III's reign, such as features in a pattern published in Messrs Crunden, Milton and Columbani's Chimney-Piece Maker's Daily Assistant, London 1766, pl. 31.

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