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A pair of George II statuary marble chimneypiece blockings
CIRCA 1745
Details
A pair of George II statuary marble chimneypiece blockings
Circa 1745
Carved in relief with ewers
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, 6 in. (15 cm.) wide, 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) deep (2)
Special notice
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Lot Essay
Related wine-ewer tablets accompany a bacchanalian tablet on a 1750s chimneypiece that was formerly at No. 17 Hanover Square (F.Lenygon, Decoration in England from 1640 to 1750, London, 1927, fig 152).