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CIRCA 1790
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A pair of George III statuary marble chimneypiece blocks
Circa 1790
Carved in relief with with a youth and his companion personifying the harvest deities Bacchus (Autumn) and Ceres (Summer), the former seated on a barrel and holding a pitch-fork; the latter, with a scythe, seated by a bale of corn
6 x 5 in. (15 x 12.7 cm.), 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) deep (2)
Circa 1790
Carved in relief with with a youth and his companion personifying the harvest deities Bacchus (Autumn) and Ceres (Summer), the former seated on a barrel and holding a pitch-fork; the latter, with a scythe, seated by a bale of corn
6 x 5 in. (15 x 12.7 cm.), 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) deep (2)
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