Live Auction 7806Lord St. Helens and Sir William FitzHerbert The Collections of a Diplomat and a Courtier
AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY
Lot 505

AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 January 2009

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GBP 875

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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
In the form of an antique bath on paw feet, with twin serpent handles, on plinth base, losses to one handle
11¾ in. (30 cm.) wide

Specialist note

This 'Grand Tour' pen-tray is conceived in the French/antique manner - its serpent handles recalling Athena/Minerva as goddess of wisdom. Its form derives from the Aldobrandini 'Antique bathing Vase' illustrated in Charles Tatham's, Etchings ... of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799.