Pair of Italian Carrara Marble Capitals c.1780

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Pair of Italian Carrara Marble Capitals c.1780A pair of late 18th Century intricately and delicately carved Italian Carrara marble sectional capitals. With stunning deep relief carving and detailing. With losses and restoration appropriate with age. Incredibly beautiful. (Size per capital each in three sections)

Overpainted with many years of original paint making for a great patina

Italian limewood carvings of this date and scale are increasingly scarce

Pair of incredible huge scale and ornate French 19th century cast iron urns

The heraldic shaped mirror is topped with an extravagant naturalistic shell crested top

The upper section is crowned with Fleur-de-lis armorial shields

created during a transformative period when Europe reshaped itself and Anglo-American relations were formally restored

MANSELL LTD/ANTIQUE & MODERN FURNITURE/266 & 266A FULHAM ROAD SW”

Each retains its original iron pricket and drip tray

Augustus's features are idealised here for his portraits

appearing on stern fascias

It’s relation to the dodecahedron

raw pigment and oil in hand-painted a hand-finished antique frame