Lot Essay
The tablet, with its reed-gadrooned and laurel-festooned urn raised on a foliated stem, relates to a pattern in I.& J.Taylor's Designs for Chimneypieces, circa 1775 (pl.90).
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CIRCA 1770
Details
A George III statuary marble chimneypiece tablet
Circa 1770
Carved in relief with an urn festooned with bell-flower swags
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high, 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm.) wide, 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) deep
Circa 1770
Carved in relief with an urn festooned with bell-flower swags
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high, 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm.) wide, 1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) deep
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